Beitane Ilze, Iriste Sandra
Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Food Technology, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, LV-3004 Jelgava, Latvia.
Children (Basel). 2022 Sep 23;9(10):1459. doi: 10.3390/children9101459.
During the pandemic, Latvian schools switched to remote learning which required looking for solutions to provide state-funded school lunches for pupils at home. The aim of study was to analyse the type of support received by pupils for provision of school lunches, the compliance of the composition of food packs with Latvian healthy diet recommendations and parental assessment of the food packs received. With the help of the questionnaire data on the composition of food packs, parental assessment was obtained by interviewing 1495 parents of pupils in grades 1-4 (age 6-11 years). The composition of food packs was evaluated in accordance with the recommendations for a healthy diet. Food packs were the main choice for the provision of school lunches in all regions (90.70%). The emphasis in the food packs was on protein-rich products like canned meat and meat products (93.36%) and milk (91.37%). 81.71% of food packs contained both vegetables and fruits. Food packs covered basic needs but improvements would be needed. The parents appreciated the support received, 90% of them rated it as positive/partially positive. In the event of a pandemic recurrence, the state would need to work with food producers to provide smaller packaging of products for food packs to ensure food diversity.
在疫情期间，拉脱维亚的学校转向远程学习，这就需要寻找解决方案，为在家的学生提供国家资助的学校午餐。该研究的目的是分析学生在获得学校午餐方面得到的支持类型、食品包的成分是否符合拉脱维亚健康饮食建议以及家长对收到的食品包的评价。借助关于食品包成分的问卷数据，通过对1495名1至4年级（6至11岁）学生的家长进行访谈，获得了家长的评价。根据健康饮食建议对食品包的成分进行了评估。食品包是所有地区提供学校午餐的主要选择（90.70%）。食品包的重点是富含蛋白质的产品，如罐装肉类和肉制品（93.36%）以及牛奶（91.37%）。81.71%的食品包包含蔬菜和水果。食品包满足了基本需求，但仍需改进。家长们对所获得的支持表示赞赏，90%的家长将其评为积极/部分积极。如果疫情再次发生，国家需要与食品生产商合作，为食品包提供更小包装的产品，以确保食物多样性。
