Analysis of the implementation of Food and Nutrition Education actions in public schools in a capital city in southern Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: FLORINTINO, Camila da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: SILVA, Denise Karulynne de Sousa, GABRIEL, Cristine Garcia, SOAR, Claudia, UGGIONI, Paula Lazzarin, NEVES, Janaina Das
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/10183
• topic: Food and nutrition education; Nutrition programs and policies; School feeding; health promotion; Educação alimentar e nutricional; Programas e políticas de nutrição e alimentação; Alimentação escolar; Promoção da saúde escolar

ObjectiveTo analyze the insertion of Food and Nutrition Education actions in Early Childhood and Elementary Education units of the municipal public school system of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2019.MethodsThis analytical study applied an online questionnaire directed to the 125 Early Childhood and Elementary Education schools in Florianópolis.ResultsNinety-four schools (75.2%) participated in the study, among which 94.7% developed Nutritional Food Education actions in 2019. It was made evident that the insertion of Nutritional Food Education in the Pedagogical Political Project (p<0.001) and the planning of such actions (p<0.001) in schools has a significant association with their implementation. The participation of the professionals in training in food and nutrition showed no association with the implementation of the Nutritional Food Education actions. The actions developed most frequently were the pedagogical activities in the school curriculum (95.5%), the school garden (71.9%), and the hands-on cooking classes (46.1%). ConclusionThe study identified a positive panorama in the capital of Santa Catarina, with actions included transversally in the school curriculum with a multiprofessional focus standing out. However, the need for studies that monitor and evaluate the actions is emphasized.