Propuesta de refrigerios para bares escolares, aplicada a la Unidad Educativa Misioneros Oblatos de la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

The present monograph is a proposal of twenty recipes for school bars, applied to the Unidad Educativa Misioneros Oblatos “Julio Matovelle” of Cuenca city, aims to reduce unhealthy eating habits in children through healthy food. Feeding on the school stage is critical for children because it directly affects their physical and intellectual development, and is responsible for good growth in the period of adolescence; also helps prevent diseases such as overweight and malnutrition. In the actuality the children stay in the school the most time possible, that's why the food offered in school bars must contain nutrients that children need to stay healthy and be active. Moreover a poor diet is mainly because children have bad eating habits for example: consume junk food, sodas and variety of candies. This is unhealthy. The objective of this monograph is to incorporate new recipes that are attractive and contain nutrients that children need, thus increasing the range of menus at the bar of the Unidad Educativa Misioneros Oblatos “Julio Matovelle”.