Obesidade infantil X comercialização de alimentos em escolas públicas e privadas / Children obesity food marketing in public and private schools

Os níveis de obesidade infantil são alarmantes e, para que estes sejam controlados, é necessária uma ação conjunta de pais, profissionais da área de saúde e também da escola. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar a qualidade nutricional dos alimentos vendidos nas lanchonetes de escolas públicas e particulares, a fim de promover uma modificação dos hábitos alimentares tornando-os mais saudáveis. Os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que as lanchonetes escolares comercializam alimentos não saudáveis e que a retirada de tais alimentos pode constituir um novo caminho para tornar as crianças mais saudáveis e sem risco de apresentarem obesidade no futuro. Verificou-se que, de acordo com o critério utilizado, 85% das escolas particulares e 100% das escolas públicas apresentavam uma alimentação de baixa qualidade nutricional. Também foram abordadas questões sobre propagandas de alimentos comercializados, ambulantes nos arredores das escolas e a importância da atuação do profissional de nutrição nas mesmas.

The levels of children obesity are alarming and to be controlled them, its necessary parents, healthy professionals and school action. This research had objective to value the nutritional quality of foods sold in publics and privateschools' snack bar to take a change on food habits and become them healthier. The results allowed conclude that schools snack bar marketed no healthy foods and, a restriction of these foods can take to a best way to become healthier children without risks of obesity in the future. lt was verified, according with used criterion; 85 percentof private schools and 100 percent of public schools showed a low nutritional quality food. Questions about foodadvertising that are market, walking around schools and the importance of Nutritional professional on this area,were boarded too.

Evaluation of Food Behavior of Secondary School Students in Seoul and Kyunggi Area

The purpose of this study was to find the proper methods of school food service conducted from June 20th July 30th in 1996. The subjects of this study were 587 parents of students, 794 students and 359 school teachers at 508 middle and high schools in Seoul and Kyunggi area. And the result was as follow. A total of 48.3% of respondent answered they had breakfast regularly. The reasons why they had breakfast, were habits(34.4%) followed by hunger(28.2%), health(19.9%), parent's persuasion(17.5%). They reasons why they didn't have breakfast are, lacks of time(68.8%) followed by absence of appetite(20.5%), diet(4.5%). About the question the problem of eating habits the most of parents of students, chose an unbalanced diet(25.9%), followed by overeating of snacks(21.7%), voracious eating(18.0%), not eating meals(17.5%), eating little(10%) and overeating(6.8%). At the research of an unbalanced diet, the 63.3% of respondents said they eat evenly while the 36.7% said they had an unbalanced diet. From the research of correlativity between food service at elementary schools and eating habits, we knew that the experience of school food service had an effect on an unbalanced diet. And the students living in Seoul complained more than in Kyunggi. The question about the quality of food, 69.0% of respondents said they were not so bad. While 21.2% said not delicious at all just 9.8% of students said they were very satisfied with the taste. Interestingly, more middle school students both in Kyunggi and Seoul answered the food was delicious than high school students. About the question of the price, 49.5% of students thought appropriate(49.5%) while 44.3% said it was too high. Just 5.9% students answered cheap(5.9%). And students living in Kyunggi thought the price was high than students in Seoul. 62.9% of respondents think their refectories were clean while 22.8% think not clean. And 14.3% answered said dirty. Snack bars at school were managed by the contract with trusters(63.2%), while by the school itself(32.6%).