Hábitos alimentarios en la población escolar chilena. Análisis comparativo por tipo de establecimiento educacional

Abstract

The alarming changes in nutritional epidemiological profile of the school population in Chile have made eating habits a growing concern for education and for public health policies. This comparative research based on descriptive and inferential built ad hoc and statistical indices, the dimension eating habits in the town of eighth grade students in 2013 according to the type of establishment they belong. Then the influence of promotional pre-establishment of healthy eating habits of their students’ management is analyzed. The results showed a segmentation of the diet of students based on their type of school, finding differences of 0.49 and 0.39 standard deviation among private school and public-private subsidized students system respectively. Foods that show a greater segmentation in consumption were dairy and fruit.