Implementación de un plan de Educación Alimentaria y Nutricional en estudiantes de la Unidad Educativa Corazón de María. Biblián, 2022.

Abstract

Background: academic performance is directly influenced by the food provided in the school stage, which may affect or benefit intellectual development. It has been found that food education has benefits in the knowledge, attitudes and practices of adolescents. Objectives: to implement an education plan for students of the "Corazón de María" Educational Unit in Biblián in the period March - August 2022. Method: quasi-experimental study with 101 students. The data was collected applying the “CAPS” questionnaire. A univariate and bivariate analysis was performed; the statistics used were mean and standard deviation; Student's t-test for related samples was also used to compare the results of the first with the second evaluation, and the chi-square test was used to relate the variables age, sex and socioeconomic level with the change in knowledge. Results: the sex of the population is distributed in a similar way, with women being slightly higher (0.5% higher). Most of the population were people between 13 and 14 years old with a typical average SES, of urban residence and with a nuclear family. An increase of +2.85 points was observed in the second evaluation. Student's t-test revealed a statistically significant relationship between the results of knowledge and practices. Conclusions: a food and nutritional education plan was implemented and a statistically significant improvement was evidenced between the first and the second evaluation in the areas of knowledge and practices.