Evaluation of the school feeding: scenario of the remaining quilombo communities in Goiás

• Autor(a) principal: Fortunato, Geisa Juliana Gomes Marques
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Monego, Estelamaris Tronco, Martins, Karine Anusca, Piscoya, Mário, Oliveira, Giovanna Angela Leonel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/san/article/view/8666895
• topic: Alimentação escolar; Grupo com ancestrais do continente africano; Planejamento de cardápio; School feeding; Menu planning.; Group with ancestors from the african continent; Grupo con antepasados ​​del continente africano; Comidas del colegio; Planificación del menú

The aim of this study was to evaluate the food offered by the Brazilian School Feeding Program (PNAE in Portuguese) in the remaining quilombo communities in Goiás, Brazil. Cross-sectional study, in 31 schools located in quilombola communities. Data collection was carried out through individual interviews with the technically responsible nutritionist, school feeding manager at the municipal and state levels and, school feeding counselor. A semi-structured questionnaire was applied and monthly menus were requested. The data characterized the diet in terms of: per capita value, presence of foods from family farming and, nutritional composition of menus. Descriptive analysis and analysis of the main components of the menus were performed. It was identified that 75.0% of the representatives of the School Feeding Council did not know the per capita amount for quilombola students; 54.8% of schools bought foodstuffs from family farming; as for the menus, of the main foods provided 35.6% are fruits and vegetables and 26.7% foods that are sources of fat, sugar, and salt; and only one school presented a menu that was nutritionally adequate to the recommendations. Thus, it was observed that the execution of the PNAE in the quilombola communities surveyed does not follow the parameters recommended in the legislation. Is the Program rigorous enough to make it viable in the reality of quilombola communities? Even with so many advances, there is still a lot to be achieved regarding the inclusion of traditional communities in ensuring Food and Nutritional Security with an emphasis on School Feeding.