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Title: Concepto de menú infantil en restauración: causas y consecuencias para la salud pública
Author: Jurado Gonzalez, Patricia  
Tutor: Fernández Alvira, Juan Miguel
Abstract: This work aims to do a nutritional analysis of the children's menu in restaurants in the provinces of Girona and Barcelona, and explore the causes of its supply and consumption. On one hand, the nutritional value (kcal, total fat, saturated fat, fiber, sugar, sodium, and cholesterol) of the children's menu of 42 randomly selected restaurants have been analyzed. The results have been compared with the DRI (Dietary Reference Intake) for one meal (30% of the total caloric value) for children aged 6 to 9 years. On the other hand, the motivations of the restaurant owners and parents when promoting or choosing this type of menu have been investigated. After analyzing the results, it has been found that the children's menu currently offered is very similar in all the restaurants, where the most recurrent dishes are pasta with tomato sauce, croquettes and cannelloni's. The menus analyzed are rich in high-calorie-density foods with poor nutritional quality. All the nutritional values analyzed exceed the DRI between 20% and 300%. The restaurant owners from 9 different restaurants through semi structured interviews have confirmed that the children's menu is not nutritionally balanced but that they are forced to offer it due to the high demand. They defend that the families seek to facilitate the moment of consumption and avoid conflict, looking for familiar dishes for the kids due to the lack of nutritional education. In the questionnaire given to parents, a similar trend has been observed; although most parents have remained neutral regarding 4 the subject, most have indicated that they would choose healthier options if they were presented in a more attractive way to children.
Keywords: childhood obesity
nutritional analysis
children menu
restaurants
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Issue Date: Jan-2021
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/  
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