Educação alimentar e nutricional : intersecção entre alimentação saudável e o relacionamento interpessoal dos alunos na merenda escolar

Abstract

The act of feeding is not unique to humans, as animals do so, being fundamental for any life form to sustain and develop. However, it is true that only man is able to attribute to food meanings beyond the biological requirement, making it also a cultural act. Since the school is a place where food is present, the aim of this study is to analyze the eating experience of the students of the Municipal School, Intendente Manuel Cândido Ferreira, located in Boquim / SE. The specific objectives are: To investigate the school meals offered in the school in its entirety, starting from the menu foods until the moment experienced by the students in the act of eating them; Know the ideas and visions of students about healthy eating and its sociocultural implication; Verify to what extent students value the region's food and cultural heritage; Encourage the production and dissemination of new knowledge about food, respecting and observing students' sociocultural differences; Understand the changes in knowledge about the advantages and disadvantages of different types of food. The selected methodology has exploratory character, descriptive and qualitative nature, starting with a bibliographic research in different sources, proceeding with an investigation in the approached school divided into observation and data collection through open questionnaires and culminating with the application of a didactic sequence. The results indicate that there is no proper space for students to eat and interact at the time of school meals, making it difficult to exercise commensality, and that many bring harmful foods to health to school, being primordial changes that favor interactivity at the time of lunch and a complete and restorative food education in this and other schools in Brazil.