Knowledge and practices about healthy lunch boxes in parents of preschoolers in a Public Institution

De la Cruz L.A.M.; Huamán-Salazar N. · Revista Espanola de Nutricion Comunitaria (2025)

Resumen

Background: A healthy lunch box comprises nutritious and essential foods that meet the requirements of the preschool child while maintaining optimal growth and development reflected in good physical and intellectual performance. The objective was to determine the relationship between knowledge and practices about healthy lunchboxes in parents of preschoolers in a Public Institution in Lima, Peru. Methods: Quantitative, correlational and cross-sectional study. The instruments used were: a questionnaire whose content validity was CVC=0.959 and a checklist, adapted to our reality, with CVC=0.91. Both instruments with a reliability of 0.9 (Cronbach's alpha). Results: A total of 178 parents participated, 100% of whom had average knowledge and inadequate practice; 25.28% high knowledge and adequate practice. Reaching a chi-square value Chi2=158.55 with a p=0.00. Conclusions: There is a significant correlation between knowledge and practices about healthy lunchboxes in parents of preschoolers, most of whom have average knowledge and inadequate practices that over time can cause chronic non-communicable diseases.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos