Perceptions of the educational community on good nutrition and school policies
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| Autores: | , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2014 |
| Descripción: | This article reviews cultural beliefs at schools surrounding healthy eating habits, since they govern food policies for school lunch programs instead of scientific guidelines established by the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Education and the Ministry of Health. The findings of this study describe cultural beliefs on child nutrition as stated by the Health and Nutrition Committee, teachers, administrative staff at a school – a case study. In addition, the personal opinion of the cafeteria cook tend to become the schools’ policies when selecting and preparing the food served in cafeterias as well as the portions based on age and nutritional condition of the child. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/17844 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/gestedu/article/view/17844 |
| Palabra clave: | Creencias comunidad educativa alimentación saludable políticas educativas Belief educational community school lunch program health eating habits educational policies |