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TROSSERO, María Jorgelina; CAMPISI, Aldana Belén; LUCIANI, Florencia María  y  ROLFO, Virginia Natalia. Assessment of breakfast quality and frequency of consumption in high school students from Arequito and Gálvez (Santa Fe). Diaeta [online]. 2021, vol.39, n.175, pp.44-55.  Epub 15-Ene-2022. ISSN 1852-7337.

Introduction: breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day, through which substantial nutrients are conveyed. It is difficult to get a correct daily diet if it is omitted. The objective of this research was to evaluate the frequency and quality of breakfast in adolescents between 16 and 18 years old who attend school in the morning shift, in relation to those who attend school in the afternoon shift.

Objective: to evaluate the frequency and quality of breakfast for adolescents enrolled in a state secondary school in Arequito and in a private school in Gálvez (Santa Fe).

Materials and Method: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. A total of 177 students of both sexes (16-18 years) were surveyed using a self-administered questionnaire prepared by the authors to know the food eaten at breakfast and assess its quality. A good quality breakfast was considered one that included at least one food from the group of dairy, cereal and fruit group. The results are presented in tabular form with absolute and percentage frequencies.

Results: 60.9% (n=28) of the total number of respondents in the morning shift always had breakfast from Monday to Friday, 32,6% (n=15) did it between 2 and 4 times a week and 6,9% (n=3) did so less than 2 times. In relation to the afternoon shift, 41,3% (n=45) ate breakfast every day, 50,5% (n=55) between 2 and 4 times and 8,2% (n=9) had it less than 2 times. 74% (n=34) of the students on the morning shift who ate breakfast at least once a week, consumed a breakfast of good or improvable quality, while in 26% (n=12) it was of insufficient or bad quality. The majority of the adolescents on the afternoon shift (83,5%, n=91) consumed a breakfast of good or improvable quality, and only 16.5% (n=18) showed insufficient or poor quality of breakfast.

Conclusion: no statistically significant differences were found in the frequency of breakfast according to shift. For both the morning shift and the afternoon shift, the most common thing was that the students always had breakfast.

Palabras clave : breakfast - adolescent - schoolers- breakfast quality..

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