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PINARETE JIMENEZ, Claudia Catalina  y  FIGUEROA CHAVEZ, Patricia Yazmín. Importance of school gardens. As a strategy for the consumption of healthy food in an early childhood home in Bogota-Colombia. J. Selva Andina Res. Soc. [online]. 2024, vol.15, n.1, pp.29-45.  Epub 29-Feb-2024. ISSN 2072-9294.  https://doi.org/10.36610/j.jsars.2024.150100029.

The objective was to implement a school garden (HE) as a strategy to promote the consumption of healthy foods (HF) in a children's home (HI) for early childhood (PI) in Bogota-Colombia. The meth-odology was mixed (qualitative, quantitative), and longitudinal. Two instruments were designed: 1 for the classification of food consumption frequency of 116 children (NN) and 2 for the measurement of post-consumption waste before and after the application of pedagogical activities. With the initial data (DI) obtained from the 2 instruments, the strategies for the implementation of the HE were designed, and after 9 months the measurement was done again. At least 116 children participated in the interven-tion, with at least 1 monthly educational session in each group, on healthy eating habits and 1 week of care of the vegetable garden, starting with its planning and implementation. The results at 9 months showed the NN had an impact mostly with the improvement of eating habits, when performing the statistical tests, a p-value of < 0.05 was obtained. As for food waste decreased by 64% after the imple-mentation of the vegetable garden, together with the interest in caring for the environment on the part of 80% of all the children. For the promotion of healthy eating and the lasting change in eating behaviors, it is essential to implement food and nutrition education strategies that promote participatory and col-laborative learning.

Palabras clave : Vegetable garden; early childhood; food security; healthy food.

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