Estrategias audiovisuales para la promoción de hábitos saludables de alimentación y actividad física en preescolares de los centros municipales de desarrollo infantil de Cuenca. 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nowadays overweight and childhood obesity has generated worldwide concern due to excessive consumption of unhealthy foods and sedentary lifestyle. It determines deficit in the child growth, low cognitive learning, low emotional development and little social performance. The lack of educational strategies in relation to the promotion of healthy eating habits and physical activity by the teachers, the family and the social environment have a impact in the children development.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Create audiovisual strategies for promoting healthy eating habits and physical activity in preschools of the Municipal Child Development Centers of Cuenca.

METHODOLOGY: An exploratory qualitative study was conducted in the period from May to October 2016. At baseline on focus groups by voice recordings with eight teachers of initial 2 subnivel1 of the 9 Municipal Child Development Centers of the city of Cuenca was made for further analysis. The transcription was analyzed using the ATLAS.ti v7.5.7. program. After those audiovisual educational materials such as songs, audio stories, pop–ups stories, and audio stories (digital images with audio) for preschool were created for promoting water, fruits, and vegetables consumption and physical activity. USE FOR RESULTS: Designed materials were delivered to the participating children’s centres for the promotion of habits healthy nutrition and physical activity