Construindo hábitos alimentares no ambiente escolar: a importância das refeições e como trabalhar o cardápio

Abstract

Food plays an essential role in the stage of life to promote health and prevent diseases, proposing a balanced diet for the body in order to obtain energy and nutrients necessary for its development. School feeding has actually been an important factor nowadays due to the problems of hunger and malnutrition as well as obesity and the theme of food and nutrition education is central, and the school is a fundamental agent. The relationship between food and nutrients for a healthy diet must essentially consist of in natura foods. With the elaboration of the dish offered by the school lunch, the study brings points which we relate the benefits and how to improve the food of the students, since most of them eat at school. The proposal to make some changes to the plate was thought of in terms of making meals healthier and thus offering better food and nutrition education for them both inside and outside school. The introduction of certain foods at school is not always welcomed by some students and in this way the child should be taught to see food in a different way. With the focus of this work on healthy eating, there is a huge possibility of pointing out points of incentives for children to adapt to this lifestyle, such as producing their own vegetable garden and introducing what they have planted into their meals.