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Published on: July 29, 2020
[Food and nutrition education in school: a literature review]
Flavia Pascoal Ramos1, Ligia Amparo da Silva Santos, Amélia Borba Costa Reis
1Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil.
Abstract:
Food and nutrition education is viewed as a key strategy for promoting healthy eating habits, and the school is an appropriate space for developing these activities. The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the scientific literature on intervention studies on food and nutrition education in Brazilian schools. A literature review was conducted, selecting articles published from 2000 to 2011. Despite the topic's current importance, there were few articles, and most were published after 2009. The main results showed improvement in the children's nutritional knowledge and food choices. However, most studies that performed anthropometric measurements failed to show changes in nutritional status. In addition, the studies chose designs based on epidemiological intervention studies, indicating the need for interventions based on innovative health education methodologies and research models that are consistent with the study's objects.
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