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- Title
Alimentação saudável e dificuldades para torná-la uma realidade: percepções de pais/responsáveis por pré-escolares de uma creche em Belo Horizonte/MG, Brasil.
- Authors
Bento, Isabel Cristina; de Melo Esteves, Juliana Maria; França, Thaís Elias
- Abstract
A cross-sectional qualitative study was conducted to establish the perceptions of 77 guardians of preschool children enrolled in a Child Day Care Center in Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais State, regarding what is a healthy diet and the difficulties faced in having a healthy diet. The instrument used was a pretested semi-structured questionnaire containing leading questions obtained in face-to-face interviews. For data analysis, the Collective Subject Discourse technique was used, which elicited data organization of a verbal nature. It was revealed that the guardians have a notion of what healthy diet is, however their answers implied inadequate eating habits. They attributed insufficient financial resources, lack of time and ingrained eating habits as being the main difficulties in having a healthy diet. These three difficulties are the reasons given by some guardians who do not believe they have a healthy diet. The conclusion drawn is that the guardians need to have a better diet, because their eating habits influence their children's eating habits. These findings revealed the need for food and nutrition education strategies to enable the guardians to recognize and have a healthy diet.
- Publication
Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2015, Vol 20, Issue 8, p2389
- ISSN
1413-8123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1413-81232015208.16052014