The effect of new purchase criteria on food procurement for the Brazilian school feeding program.

Auteur(s) :
Soares P., Davó-Blanes MC., Martinelli SS., Melgarejo L., Cavalli SB.
Date :
Oct, 2016
Source(s) :
Appetite. #108: p288-294
Adresse :
Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante (Universidad de Alicante), Edificio de Ciencias Sociales, Campus San Vicente del Raspeig, Ap. 99, C.P. 03080, Alicante, Spain; Nutrition in Foodservice Research Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. [email protected]

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OBJECTIVE
To explore the effect of the school feeding program purchase criteria on the quantity, variety and origin of food products acquired for school meals in a municipality in Brazil.

METHOD
Analysis of purchase lists for two years prior and two years after implementation of the purchase criteria (2010). The origin (family farms (FF)/other providers (OP)) and nutritional characteristics (recommended/controlled) of food products were studied, registering annual varieties (n) and daily quantities (kg/day); contrast of proportions was applied.

RESULTS
The acquisition of recommended products increased, and the quantity of controlled products decreased (p = 0.005). Purchase of legumes and vegetables (p < 0.05) increased and high sugar foods decreased (p = 0.02). The majority of food products in 2010 and 2011 were acquired from OP (64% and 61%), although FF provided the greatest proportion of legumes and vegetables. Ten new varieties of recommended products were incorporated, 9 of which were acquired from FF.

CONCLUSION
The criteria of direct purchase from family farms resulted in an increase in the variety and quantity of healthy foods in the schools in the municipality.

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