Nutrition and education. III. Educational achievement and food habits of Chilean elementary and high school graduates.

The objective of this study was to correlate the educational achievement (EA) of Chilean elementary and high-school graduates with their food habits. For this purpose, a random sample of 550 schoolers from the Metropolitan Area of Santiago, Chile, graduating from elementary and high school (1:1) of...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Autores principales: Ivanovic, Daniza, Rodriguez Vasquez, Mery, Aguayo, M, Ballester, D, Marambio, Macarena, Zacarías, Isabel
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: 1992
Materias:
Consumption (sociology)
Socioeconomic status
Food consumption
Test (biology)
Psychology
Mathematics education
Demography
Medicine
Environmental health
Biology
Sociology
Population
Agricultural economics
Economics
Social science
Paleontology
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Chile
Educational Measurement
Feeding Behavior
Female
Food classification
Humans
Male
Random Allocation
Regression Analysis
Socioeconomic Factors
Diet Records
Health Sciences Health Professions General Health Professions Health and Lifestyle Studies
Acceso en línea:Ver en el sistema de origen
Enlace permanente (DOI o Handle)
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
Sumario:The objective of this study was to correlate the educational achievement (EA) of Chilean elementary and high-school graduates with their food habits. For this purpose, a random sample of 550 schoolers from the Metropolitan Area of Santiago, Chile, graduating from elementary and high school (1:1) of both sexes (1:1), from public and private schools and from high, medium and low socioeconomic status (SES) (1:1:1), was selected. Food habits were determined through a specially designed questionnaire and defined as the frequency of consumption of the food groups, expressed as days per week. The EA was established through the Achievement Evaluation Program (AEP) and Academic Aptitude Test (AAT) in elementary-and high-school graduates-, respectively. Results revealed that EA was found significantly and positively correlated with the frequency of consumption of dairy products, meat products and eggs, in both elementary and high school graduates. A significant and inverse correlation between EA and the frequency of vegetables and fruits consumption was observed in both educational levels, and with miscellaneous products, only in elementary school graduates. Food habits explained 24.4% and 16.6% of the EA variance, in elementary and high school graduates, respectively. The frequency of consumption of dairy products was the independent variable with the greatest explanatory power in EA variance (approximately above 70% of the explained variance). These results are important to consider for educational planning focused on the School Feeding Program.

Ejemplares similares