Quality of Breakfast in 4-to-9-year-old children
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Serrano Hidalgo N, García Molina M. Calidad del desayuno en niños y niñas de 4 a 9 años. Metas Enferm dic 2019/ene 2020; 22(10):14-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35667/MetasEnf.2019.22.1003081512
Authors
Noelia Serrano Hidalgo1, Mercedes García Molina2
Position
1Experto en Urgencias y Emergencias Sanitarias. Enfermera. Consultorio local Serranillos del Valle. Serranillos del Valle (Madrid)2Enfermera Especialista en Enfermería Pediátrica. Centro de Salud Alicante. Fuenlabrada (Madrid)
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Noelia Serrano Hidalgo. C/ Moraleja de Enmedio, s/n. 28979 Serranillos del Valle (Madrid).
Contact email: noelia.serrano@salud.madrid.org
Abstract
Objective: to describe the quality of breakfast in 4-to-9-year old boys and girls and their family caregivers in a Madrid district.
Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study was designed at the Centro de Salud Alicante in Fuenlabrada (Madrid) with the pediatric population between 4 and 9-year-old who attended the Nursing Unit for scheduled routine examinations with the relative/tutor with whom they had breakfast usually. Data were collected through clinical interview and anthropometric examination during the visit; the “Healthy Breakfast Test” of the Community of Madrid was used to obtain data about the quality of breakfast. A descriptive analysis was conducted, using mean and standard deviation (SD) for the quantitative variables, and frequencies for qualitative variables.
Results: the study included 289 boys and girls, with a mean age (SD) of 5.83 (1.98) years; 240 children (83.1%) presented normal weight, 29 (10%) overweight and 20 (6.9%) obesity. The overall quality of breakfast was adequate in 38.7% of cases, while the remaining 61.3% needed to improve or reconsider breakfast because they did not reach the minimum required. Of caregivers, 25.6% had a quality breakfast, while 74.4% needed to improve or reconsider their diet habits at breakfast.
Conclusions: a nutritionally adequate breakfast is associated with better physical and intellectual performance and better health status, including the prevention of obesity. In the present study, quality breakfast data revealed that over half of 4-to-9-year-old children needed to improve or reconsider their breakfast.
Keywords:
Breakfast; boys and girls; child obesity; community approach
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