Comparison of traditional interventions versus educational playful interventions as an alternative for nutritional education and physical activity in children

Comparison of traditional interventions versus educational play interventions as an alternative for nutritional education and physical activity in children

Abstract

Children's health becomes the focus of attention, in recent years efforts have been made to promote healthy habits. Therefore, one of the strategies to eradicate this problem has been to educate children, mainly, through the creation of projects and programs that promote improvement in children's health, through traditional interventions, which refer to the methodology where Drawings, clippings, readings are used, among other support materials that promote the child's learning and playful pedagogical interventions, where board games, representations and playground games are used, both types of intervention focused on educating children. children to lead a healthy lifestyle. This article aims to analyze and compare the effectiveness of nutrition and physical activity education programs through recreational pedagogical activities in schoolchildren over traditional intervention programs. A bibliographic review was carried out, from which a total of 20 articles with different programs were taken, 13 articles with traditional interventions and 7 with interventions approached from a playful pedagogical approach. The results obtained indicate that one intervention cannot be chosen as a better alternative than the other, the effectiveness can be determined from the structure of the intervention, the participation of third parties, the importance of the participation of health personnel as It is that of the nutritionist in the creation of teaching materials and manuals for nutrition education. In conclusion, we can say that we will have favorable results if the strategy chosen to educate children is guided by health personnel, teachers and directors, but the participation of parents is also encouraged. In the same way, this education must be constant throughout the stages of life.