Construcción y Validación de un Instrumento para Evaluar el Consumo de Alimentos con Rojo Allura

Abstract

espanolSe realizo un estudio exploratorio para identificar los alimentos procesados que contienen rojo allura y que sean expendidos cerca de escuelas de educacion basica en la Ciudad de Puebla-Mexico. Hay estudios que confirman la toxicidad del colorante rojo allura y su posible relacion con la generacion de metabolitos carcinogenicos. Para el estudio, se diseno un instrumento de medicion para determinar la frecuencia de consumo en ninos de 10 a 13 anos de edad. Se inicio con un analisis descriptivo mediante un estudio de campo y con los productos identificados se diseno el instrumento. Posteriormente se valido con el coeficiente del alfa de Cronbach. Se determino que la poblacion infantil consume frecuentemente alimentos procesados con rojo allura, teniendo como consumo diario las botanas (frituras), seguido por cereales y yogurt. El estudio logro disenar y validar un instrumento de confiabilidad, que permitio medir la frecuencia de consumo de alimentos procesados con rojo allura en infantes. EnglishAn exploratory study was conducted to identify processed foods that contain allura red and are sold near primary schools in the City of Puebla, Mexico. There are studies that confirm the toxicity of allura red and its probable relation with the generation of cancer metabolites. For the study, a measuring instrument was designed to determine the frequency of consumption in children from 10 to 13 years of age. For this, the instrument was designed following a descriptive analysis by means of a field study identifying common commercial products. Later the Cronbach s alpha coefficient was used to validate the statistical reliability of the instrument. It was determined that the infant population oftenly consumes foods processed with red allura, having as daily consumption snacks (fried foods), followed by cereals and yogurt. This study was able to design and validate a reliable instrument, which allows to measure the frequency of consumption of foods processed with red allura in infants.