Results of a survey on nutrition of schoolchildren in Azerbaijan
Abstract
The healthy and proper nutrition of school-age children is of great in the development of the child's body. The Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan in cooperation with the Ministry of Education conducted a study on the assessment of schoolchildren's nutrition in the country. The study was conducted in the city of Baku (5 schools) and 7 selected districts among and in 2004 schoolchildren.The survey also involved 500 school teachers and 1250 parents. The study used appropriately prepared questionnaires.
The results of the study showed that 73% of schoolchildren use school food. During the day schoolchildren prefer to buy in school canteens and cafeterias: rolls - 51% of children, cookies - 31%, water is bought by 24% of schoolchildren, chocolate - 19% and pies - 15% of children. Analysis of the survey showed that children prefer those products that parents advise to them and 65% of school children indicated this factor.The survey showed that mostly children - 25% bring to school a cookie or a biscuit, water -25.5% and 22.4% - a sausage and sausage sandwich. At the same time, the analysis of the survey showed that only 51.7% of children indicated the fact of their awareness in the process of learning about proper nutrition.
The results of the analysis of the survey on healthy eating of schoolchildren revealed insufficient awareness of both the pupils themselves and teachers and parents, which in turn contributes to the introduction of some changes in the educational program of the schools.
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Keywords
feeding schoolchildren
prevention
food products sağlam qidalanma
məktəblinin qidalanması
profilaktika
qida məhsulları здоровое питание
кормление школьников
профилактика
продукты питания