[The Brazilian School Nutrition Program from the standpoint of students attending state schools in Minas Gerais, Brazil]

Autor: Camilo Adalton Mariano, da Silva, Luciana Araújo, Marques, Elido, Bonomo, Olívia Maria de Paula Alves, Bezerra, Margareth da Silva, Corrêa, Letícia Siqueira Falce, Passos, Anelise Andrade, de Souza, Betannya França, Barros, Débora Maria Soares, de Souza, Joana Almeida, so Reis, Noemi Gonçalves, de Andrade
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Cienciasaude coletiva. 18(4)
ISSN: 1678-4561
Popis: The scope of this article is to analyze the Brazilian School Nutrition Program from the standpoint of students attending state schools in Minas Gerais. It is a qualitative and quantitative cross-sectional study with a sample of 1500 students, representing the population of the state schools of Minas Gerais, involving the administration of a semi-structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using simple frequency, mean, standard deviation, Fisher's exact test, the chi-square test and logistic regression (p0.05, CI 95%). The effective acceptance of the program was 28.8% and the effective adhesion to the program was 45.1%. Program acceptance was significantly higher among males and students who consumed less extra-institutional food. Acceptance and adhesion to the program was significantly higher among the older students and those who reported participating in activities related to nutritional education. In total, 73.5% of the students suggested improvements in school food. Many of the program's norms and guidelines are not being implemented. The acceptance of school food was negatively influenced by the consumption of extra-institutional foods and positively influenced by food and nutritional education activities.
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