Percepções de professores da educação básica sobre alimentação saudável e educação alimentar e nutricional na escola

Abstract

Introduction: Since 2018, food and nutrition education has been part of the Law of Guidelines and Bases of Education, which represents an important achievement for the promotion of healthy eating in the school environment. Objective: This study sought to investigate perceptions about food and nutrition education and the concept of healthy eating and its contemporary correlations with important topics such as sustainability, family farming and consumption of processed foods by teachers in the basic education network in the municipality of Vila Velha-ES. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a qualitative and quantitative approach. A semi-structured questionnaire with closed and open questions was applied. The analysis of closed questions was performed by descriptive statistics and the answers to open questions were analyzed according to the technique of the Collective Subject Discourse - DSC. Results: The results showed that teachers have limited perceptions of specific aspects of the themes that involve healthy eating, even approaching what is relevant in the current discussion. It was also possible to verify that the teachers consider it important to approach the theme “healthy eating” at school, despite feeling little capacity for it. Conclusion: It is suggested that efforts should be unified so that there is qualification from the school community about food and nutrition education, effectively making it a tool for promoting healthy eating at school.