Impacto De Estrategias Para Aumentar El Consumo De Frutas Y Verduras en Colombia

Abstract

a study was carried out in Lebrija (Colombia) to evaluate the impact of two strategies implemented in families with school-age children to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables at home. Sixteen homes were intervened with the A strategy while twenty three homes were intervened with a B strategy. Thirty four homes served like controls. These strategies included, among others, informative shops, preparation of recipes, activities in group and evaluation of tasks. At the initiation, 3.0% of the intervened homes consumed five or more portions increasing to 26.3% at the end of the intervention, an increment of 8.8 times. In the control group the consumption of five or more daily portions was of 2.0% at the beginning and 0.0% at the end. There was no difference between strategy A and B in the increase in consumption (0% to 23.5% and 4.3% to 28.6%, respectively. The two evaluated strategies had positive impact, the A on the consumption of fruits and vegetables, the B on the consumption of fruits.

Socioeconomic inequalities in the consumption of fruits and vegetables: Colombian National Nutrition Survey, 2010

“…The prevalence, frequency and quantity of consumption of fruits and vegetables are protective factors against the development of cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer 1,2,3,4 . Fruit and vegetables consumption is determined by structural factors, including production, trade, preservation, price structure, degree of urbanism and income, and equally complex individual factors, such as social representations of consumption, link to the production system, health perceptions, and the education and sex of subjects 5,6,7,8,9 . Colombia presents low fruits and vegetables consumption indices.…”

“…Among consumers, the average consumption frequency is 2.5 times/week for fruits and 4.5 times/week for vegetables. These values are considered low for Latin American countries 8,9,10 . Consumption under 400g/day and consumption frequency under five times per day, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), does not protect against the development of mediators of cardiovascular diseases 11,12 .…”

“…These two food groups are regularly discussed as a single group. However, fruit consumption follows a complementary, albeit different, food culture from that of vegetables 8,9 . Although they share structural factors 4,5,6,8,9 , they do not necessarily share personal factors, which is the level at which fruits and vegetables consumption occurs.…”

“…However, fruit consumption follows a complementary, albeit different, food culture from that of vegetables 8,9 . Although they share structural factors 4,5,6,8,9 , they do not necessarily share personal factors, which is the level at which fruits and vegetables consumption occurs. Factors such as fruits and vegetables cost, availability, perishability, type of processing or cooking, palatability, and symbolic valuation differentiate their consumption by sex and socioeconomic level 16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23 .…”

Complejidad en Las Representaciones Sociales Que Interpretan La Cultura Alimentaria Para Alcanzar La Seguridad Alimentaria: Caso Del Consumo De Frutas Y Verduras en Niños Escolarizados

“…El estudio realizado en Colombia en el Departamento de Santander, mostró que se puede mejorar el consumo de frutas y verduras mediante intervenciones que tengan en cuenta factores como la participación activa de todas las personas involucradas en la identificación de las barreras y las posibles soluciones, el uso de metodologías cualitativas y cuantitativas para el diseño, el seguimiento y la evaluación y la utilización de las lecciones aprendidas por el grupo investigador. Se recomienda medir el impacto en el consumo de frutas y verduras cuantificando en términos de porciones/día, más que en el número de veces/día, con el fin de precisar de mejor forma la cantidad consumida (Prada y Herrán, 2009).…”