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Nutritional Intervention and Breakfast Behavior of Kindergartens

BACKGROUND: To examine the effect of nutritional education on children’s breakfast patterns METHODS: A kindergarten based nutrition intervention was started in September 2001 among 8 kindergartens in Hefei with a total of 2,012 children aged 4–6 years and their parent pairs. RESULTS: Monthly nutriti...

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Autores principales: GAO, Yongqing, CAI, Chunsheng, LI, Jian, SUN, Wenjie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4851743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27141491
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description BACKGROUND: To examine the effect of nutritional education on children’s breakfast patterns METHODS: A kindergarten based nutrition intervention was started in September 2001 among 8 kindergartens in Hefei with a total of 2,012 children aged 4–6 years and their parent pairs. RESULTS: Monthly nutrition education sessions were held over two semesters in kindergartens part of the intervention arm. The approach in education and the content of other activities were uniform across all the kindergartens. A validated questionnaire was used to record breakfast behavior over 7 days including at least one weekend. The parents recorded the children’s breakfast pattern (frequency, time, and food selection) at baseline, middle, and end of the study. After intervention, there were significant differences at the final stage, but none at the baseline before intervention. There were changes not only in breakfast frequency, but also in the breakfast selection CONCLUSION: The breakfast pattern of Chinese children can be modified through nutrition education after a long term intervention.
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spelling pubmed-48517432016-05-02 Nutritional Intervention and Breakfast Behavior of Kindergartens GAO, Yongqing CAI, Chunsheng LI, Jian SUN, Wenjie Iran J Public Health Original Article BACKGROUND: To examine the effect of nutritional education on children’s breakfast patterns METHODS: A kindergarten based nutrition intervention was started in September 2001 among 8 kindergartens in Hefei with a total of 2,012 children aged 4–6 years and their parent pairs. RESULTS: Monthly nutrition education sessions were held over two semesters in kindergartens part of the intervention arm. The approach in education and the content of other activities were uniform across all the kindergartens. A validated questionnaire was used to record breakfast behavior over 7 days including at least one weekend. The parents recorded the children’s breakfast pattern (frequency, time, and food selection) at baseline, middle, and end of the study. After intervention, there were significant differences at the final stage, but none at the baseline before intervention. There were changes not only in breakfast frequency, but also in the breakfast selection CONCLUSION: The breakfast pattern of Chinese children can be modified through nutrition education after a long term intervention. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4851743/ /pubmed/27141491 Text en Copyright© Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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