Hygiena 2015, 60(2):71-75 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1376

Monitoring of Food Offer in Primary Schools and School Canteens in 2011

Jana Pilnáčková1, Matouš Pilnáček2, Jarmila Rážová3, Hana Střítecká4
1 Krajská hygienická stanice Libereckého kraje, Odbor hygieny dětí a mladistvých, Liberec
2 Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Katedra sociologie, Prah
3 Ministerstvo zdravotnictví ČR, Praha
4 Univerzita obrany, Fakulta vojenského zdravotnictví, Katedra vojenského vnitřního lékařství a vojenské hygieny, Hradec Králové

Presented are results of the task of the Chief Public Health Officer (hygienist) of the Czech Republic "The monitoring of food offer in primary schools". The aim of this task was the monitoring of catering, its variability and availability for the pupils of primary schools in the Czech Republic. The data were collected using questionnaires in 493 primary schools in the whole Czech Republic. The results of the questioning show that the offer of drinks and food, which children get in the school, can be one of the factors causing the increase of child obesity. The offer is problematic especially in the supplementary sale, in which the children can buy mostly high of sugar content food. On the other hand the food offer in school canteens generally fulfils the standards of healthy diet. For the improvement of catering in primary schools, it will be necessary to stimulate a debate with everybody, who can affect the food offer; thus, stop the increase of child overweight and obesity in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: school meals, dietary habits, overweight in children, child obesity

Received: February 2015; Accepted: April 16, 2015; Published: June 1, 2015  Show citation

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Pilnáčková J, Pilnáček M, Rážová J, Střítecká H. Monitoring of Food Offer in Primary Schools and School Canteens in 2011. Hygiena. 2015;60(2):71-75. doi: 10.21101/hygiena.a1376.
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