Diets of Jamaican primary school children and access to school feeding programmes - abstract
WEST INDIAN MED. J
; 46(Suppl 2): 28, Apr. 1997.
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em Inglês
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| ID: med-2297
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
There is little information on the diets of school children in Jamaica. We observed food consumption and participation in government school feeding programmes in 415 children in grades 2 and 5 in 16 primary schools in rural Jamaica. All items eaten by children at break and lunch were recorded on two days. During break, the majority of children consumed sweets, snacks or syrup drinks and 25 percent of the children had nothing to eat for lunch and 6 percent had a drink only. Mean intakes at lunch were energy 366 kcals (SD180), protein 10.4 g (SD 7.6) and iron 1.5 mg (SD1.2). The mean energy intake was 17-20 percent of the daily requirement of this age group. Children who brought lunch to school had significantly higher intakes (p<0.05). Girls had higher intakes than boys, and intakes were positively associated with height-for-age (both p<0.05). Approximately 20 percent of the children participated in the school feeding programmes. Poorer children were more likely to participate in the bun and milk programme (Odds Ratio 2.1, 95 percent CI 1.3-3.5) but children with more money for food were more likely to take part in the more costly Cooked Meal Programme (Odds ratio 2.4, 95 percent CI1.3-4.6). Strategies are needed to improve diet selection in school children and ensure access to school feeding among the poorest groups (AU).
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Agenda de Saúde Sustentável para as Américas
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ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
Problema de saúde:
Objetivo 11 Desigualdades e iniquidades na saúde
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Meta 3.8 Atingir a cobertura universal de saúde
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Dieta
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Nutrição da Criança
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Comportamento Alimentar
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Aspecto:
Equidade e iniquidade
Limite:
Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
WEST INDIAN MED. J
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Congresso e conferência