Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Screening Programs and Health Promotion Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority "ULSS 1 Dolomiti", 32100 Belluno, Italy.
Prevention Department, Local Health Authority "ULSS 1 Dolomiti", 32100 Belluno, Italy.
Nutrients. 2024 Jan 14;16(2):255. doi: 10.3390/nu16020255.
School is one of the main settings where it is useful to guarantee health promotion actions, as it is well known that diet and eating habits that are shaped in the early stages of life are maintained through adulthood. The objective of this study was to carry out the "Healthy Snack" project to promote nutritional education in primary schools in the Province of Belluno in the 2022-2023 school year, in which 925 students were enrolled, and to evaluate the intervention in terms of changes in eating habits during their school breaks. Following the workshops performed by the healthcare workers (HCWs), medals were awarded, taking into account the quality of the participating students' mid-morning snacks, considering the food pyramid. The results collected in the annual survey period were related to the type and quantity of snacks consumed at school, and allowed students to gain a final score, comparing the period before and after the educational intervention to demonstrate the effectiveness of the actions promoted by HCWs and the increased nutritional quality of meals. In light of this evidence, public health strategies must continue to emphasize the importance of implementing health promotion interventions and actions aimed at children in order to prevent weight gain in this age group, and the potential development of cardiometabolic pathologies over their lifetime.
学校是开展健康促进行动的主要场所之一,因为众所周知,在生命早期形成的饮食和饮食习惯会持续到成年。本研究的目的是在 2022-2023 学年在贝利诺省的小学开展“健康零食”项目,以促进营养教育,共有 925 名学生参与,并根据他们在课间休息时饮食习惯的变化来评估干预效果。在医护人员(HCWs)进行的研讨会之后,根据参与学生的上午课间零食的质量,考虑食物金字塔,颁发奖章。在年度调查期间收集的结果与在校期间消耗的零食的类型和数量有关,并允许学生获得最终分数,将教育干预前后的时间段进行比较,以证明 HCWs 推广的行动的有效性以及膳食营养质量的提高。有鉴于此,公共卫生策略必须继续强调实施针对儿童的健康促进干预和行动的重要性,以防止该年龄段的体重增加,并防止其一生中出现心血管代谢疾病。