Estrategias educativas lúdicas 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: Nutrition and physical activity throughout life are determinants of good health, which help to achive an appropiate or correct physical activity and cognitive performances. Child malnutrition in Ecuador has doubled in the last 30 years so it is considered a new epidemiological profile. The low use of educational strategies to promote healthy eating habits and physical activity at school, family and social level have an impact on the integral development of the child

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Create playful educational strategies for the promotion of healthy eating habits and physical activity in preschoolers of the Municipal Child Development Centers of Cuenca.

METHODOLOGY: An exploratory qualitative study was conducted in the period from May to October 2016, took place at the beginning of the investigation a focus group using voice recordings to record conversations with 7 educators from initial 2-sublevel 1 of 9 Municipal Child Development centers of the city of Cuenca-Ecuador. the was issues related to recreational educational strategies currently used to promote healthy eating habits, physical activity and also asked what needs they have in relation to the play materials to promote the consumption of water, fruits, vegetables and physical activity were discussed. The transcript was analyzed by the program ATLAS.ti v7.5.7. With this information was designed playful preschool education materials for use and promotion of water consumption, fruits, vegetables and physical activity.

USE OF RESULTS: The results were analyzed and delivered to the institutions as it facilitated educators to promote healthy eating habits and physical activity