Homegardens and their contribution to food and nutritional security of adolescents from the rural settlement Tarumã Mirim-Manaus-AM

• Autor(a) principal: Paixão, Anna Carla de Castro
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Diana Nunes de, Brito, Wellison Rafael de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista JRG de Estudos Acadêmicos
• Texto Completo: http://revistajrg.com/index.php/jrg/article/view/942
• topic: Caatinga; Cactaceae; Ecologia; Semiárido; Vigor de sementes; Caatinga; Cactaceae; Ecology; Semiard; Seed vigor

Knowing the importance of a healthy and adequate diet for health promotion and disease prevention, for this reason the objective of this work was to evaluate the contribution of the species that make up agroforestry backyards to the food consumption of adolescents aged 15 to 19, technological high school students, located in the Tarumã Mirim Settlement. The present study was carried out in a municipal school located in the Ramal do Pau Rosa Community, in the Tarumã Mirim Settlement Project, BR174 (Manaus – Boa Vista section), with access via Km 21, municipality of Manaus – AM. In this work, the Food Consumption Markers Form was used to investigate the eating frequency of adolescents. This form was prepared by SISVAN (Food and Nutrition Surveillance System). The frequency of daily meals was also studied (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner and supper) to verify the eating rhythm of these individuals. Parallel to this, a survey of species for food self-consumption of species from productive agroforestry backyards was carried out. The results indicated that the majority of what is produced on the sites is sold and little is consumed by producers, and it was observed that the basis of the teenagers' diet is industrialized products, purchased in the city. Although they consider themselves healthy, they still have to improve their habit of consuming raw vegetables and fruits that are in their backyards.