Soares Panmela, Caballero Pablo, Davó-Blanes Mari Carmen
Núcleo de Investigación de Nutrición en los Servicios de Alimentación (NUPPRE), Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina, Trindade, Florianópolis-SC, Brasil; Grupo de Investigación de Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España.
Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España.
Gac Sanit. 2017 Nov-Dec;31(6):446-452. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.05.015. Epub 2017 Aug 24.
To explore and compare the characteristics of Primary Education Centres (PEC) in Andalusia, the Canary Islands and the Principality of Asturias depending on whether or not they make local food purchases (LFP) for school meals and to explore the opinion of cafeteria managers about the benefits and challenges of this type of purchase.
Information on the characteristics of 186 PECs and opinions of cafeteria managers about the benefits/challenges of LFP was collected through an electronic questionnaire. Data were stratified according to how the products were purchased (LFP: yes/no), and the chi square test was applied.
38.2% of the PECs studied make LFP. This is more frequent in rural areas (51.0 with self-managed cafeterias (80.0%), and their own kitchen (65.5%). These centres have less expensive menus than their peers (69.8%), participate more frequently in healthy eating programmes (81.5%) and purchase more organic food products (65.8%). According to the majority of the participants whose centres engage in LFP, the benefits include: supporting the local economy (97.2%), the offer of fresh foods (97.2%) and environmental sustainability (93.0%). The challenges include: productive capacity of the region (50.7%), the seasonal variation in food production (71.8%), and the lack of support (42.3%) and information from the government (46.5%).
The location of the centres, the management of the cafeteria and the availability of a kitchen on site can influence the development of LFP in schools. Government support could help to integrate LFP in schools, improving school meals at a lower economic and environmental cost.
根据安达卢西亚、加那利群岛和阿斯图里亚斯公国的小学教育中心（PEC）是否为学校膳食进行本地食品采购（LFP），探索并比较其特点，并探究食堂经理对这类采购的益处和挑战的看法。
通过电子问卷收集了186个PEC的特点信息以及食堂经理对LFP益处/挑战的看法。数据根据产品采购方式（LFP：是/否）进行分层，并应用卡方检验。
所研究的PEC中有38.2%进行LFP。这在农村地区更为常见（51.0%），有自主管理食堂（80.0%）和自有厨房（65.5%）的中心更为频繁。这些中心的菜单比同行便宜（69.8%），更频繁地参与健康饮食计划（81.5%），并购买更多有机食品（65.8%）。根据大多数其所在中心进行LFP的参与者的说法，益处包括：支持当地经济（97.2%）、提供新鲜食品（97.2%）和环境可持续性（93.0%）。挑战包括：该地区的生产能力（50.7%）、食品生产的季节性变化（71.8%）以及缺乏政府支持（42.3%）和信息（46.5%）。
中心的位置、食堂的管理以及现场厨房的可用性会影响学校LFP的发展。政府支持有助于将LFP纳入学校，以更低的经济和环境成本改善学校膳食。
