Alimentary habits and physical activity in school children from fourth to sixth grade primary level of two public educational institutions in East Lima, 2015

• Autores: Hernández Oblitas, Naara Andrea, Jaramillo Cano, Lila
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revista UPEU - Revista Científica de Ciencias de la Salud
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/170
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/170
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: physical activity, school children, lifestyle, alimentary habits, health promotion.; Hábitos alimenticios, actividad física, escolares, estilo de vida, promoción de la salud.

Objective: Determine if there are differences Alimentary habits and physical activity in school children fromfourth to sixth grade primary level of two public educational institutions in East Lima, 2015. Material andmethods: design: non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive - comparative. The participants were schoolchildren from 9 to 12 years. The sampling was non probabilistic census type. The quick test of alimentary habitsand the short test of physical activity by Krece Plus were used, validated by Serra and Cols. (2003). Results:in the Maria Goretti institution the 77.7% (202) of school children have alimentary habits high and in te “5 deAbril” institution only the 70.4% (219). In alimentary habits according to gender and place of origin, there areno significant differences in both institutions (p>,05). Also according to physical activity in the “5 de Abril”institution 51.1% (159) is bad and in the Maria Goretti institution, 68.5% (178) is regular. In te Physical activityaccording to gender, there are not significant differences between the two institutions (p>,05). Nevertheless, inthe “5 de Abril” institution, according to place of origin there is not significant differences (p>, 05), howeversignificant difference was found in the institution María Goretti (p<, 05). Results: in the Maria Goretti institutionthe 77.7% (202) of school children have high alimentary habits and in the “5 de abril” institution only the 70.4%(219). Conclusions: there are significant differences of alimentary habits and physical activity in school childrenof both institutions (p <,.05).