Eficacia de cápsulas radiales en la promoción de alimentación saludable

Abstract

The high prevalence of obesity in children supports the need to implement preventive actions such as the development of programs to promote healthy food intake. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of radio capsules in developing a positive attitude towards healthy eating in children. Method: Under an experimental design with control group, were assessed using a scale attitudinal differences bifactorial pre and post intervention in two groups. The average age of each group was 10 years. In the experimental group 28 children participated in the pre-intervention assessment and 22 in the post intervention; in the control group 36 students participated in the pre-intervention assessment and 32 in post evaluation. Results: The factor attitude toward healthy eating, and healthy behaviors decreased in the control group, while in the experimental group there was a slight increase in the average factor both in attitude and behavior factor. The only statistically significant differences between the averages of the measurements before and after the intervention in the control group, were in both attitude factor (t (66) = -3.108, p =.003) compared to the behavior factor (t (65) = -3.350, P =.001). Conclusions: Students exposed to radio capsules had increased awareness of healthy eating, while the control group decreased significantly positive attitude towards healthy eating in both factors studied.