Abstract
Objective: to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of family members of preschool children about regional food,through a survey before and after an educational intervention. Methods: this is a pre-experimental one-group pretest–posttest study, with 62 family members of preschool children. One month before and after the conduction of an educationalactivity using the flipchart “regional food promoting food security”, one applied the survey. Results: it was found that after theeducational strategy, there was an increase in the classification “appropriate” in each survey area about regional food, and thevariation of knowledge (17.7%-77.4%), attitude (21%-72.6%) and practice (14.5%-64.5%), consequently, an improvementof 59.7% in knowledge, 51.6% in attitude and 50% in practice. Conclusion: the use of educational technology had a positiveinfluence on the knowledge, attitudes and practice of family members, contributing thus to the health promotion of childrenand their family members.
Highlights
Feeding is an important practice to maintain people’s life and development(1)
This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of preschool children’s families about regional food before and after the conduction of an educational intervention
Regarding the socio-demographic conditions of the 62 family members, it was realized that all the participants were women, most were married/ had consensual union (N=46; 74.2%) had completed elementary school (N=32; 51.6%), only did home activities (N=52; 83.9%) had only one preschool child (N=52; 83.9%) and the monthly income ranged from one to two minimum wages (N=31; 50%)
Summary
Feeding is an important practice to maintain people’s life and development(1). As a result, the characteristics of children’s growth highlight the importance of feeding in their first five years of life, requiring specific care, especially regarding its quality, quantity, diversity and frequency(2).Currently, in Brazilians’ usual diet, there is the inclusion of foods classified as ultra-processed, with high levels of fat, sodium and sugar; low in micronutrients and high in caloric content. Feeding is an important practice to maintain people’s life and development(1). The characteristics of children’s growth highlight the importance of feeding in their first five years of life, requiring specific care, especially regarding its quality, quantity, diversity and frequency(2). In Brazilians’ usual diet, there is the inclusion of foods classified as ultra-processed, with high levels of fat, sodium and sugar; low in micronutrients and high in caloric content. The average consumption of fruits and vegetables is below the recommended amount by the food guide for the Brazilian population(3). Overweight and obesity rates increased in the country over the past decade. The prevalence of overweight ranged from 26.9% to 66.8% between children from five to nine years old from 1989 to 2009. Obesity ranged from 16% to 24.8% in the same period(4)
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