Food guides for children: historical aspects and evolution

• Autor(a) principal: Moreira Sampaio BARBOSA, Roseane
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: SALLES-COSTA, Rosana, de Abreu SOARES, Eliane
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/9786
• topic: child; nutrition education; food guides; food guide pyramid; criança; educação nutricional; guias alimentares; pirâmide alimentar

Food guide have two proposals: the first, as a public health guide and the second, as a nutritional educationaltool. This study aimed at presenting a history of food guides and their characteristics, as well as approachingthe dietary guides specifically developed for children. A bibliographical research of the last ten years was carried out in the Medline database, using the key words: food guide, dietary guidelines for children and foodguide pyramid for young children. Food guides have been developed since 1916, translating the recommendations for a healthy diet to the population, but only in 1999 did the United States Department ofAgriculture develop a food guide for children. It was observed that, in general, the food guides for youngchildren were elaborated recently. Few countries have developed them according to the food habits of children,using foods typical of their age range and appropriate portion sizes, considering the limited gastric capacity ofchildren. It was concluded that it was very important to develop, implement and validate food guides foryoung children, since they are a nutritional educational tool for the formation of healthy habits and theprevention of chronic diseases.