THE IMPORTANCE OF THE APPLICABILITY OF NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION WORKSHOPS IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, IN A PRIVATE NETWORK SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF CAÇADOR/SC

Abstract

With the industry experiencing great growth in offering products that are increasingly easier to prepare, there is a significant increase in the public, especially children who evolve with the colors, characters and even shapes. In this context, it is clear that they are easily induced to consume only by marketing and not by what the product actually has to offer, thus making them naive/uninformed of what is really behind the food. In this research, the objective is to bring food and nutritional knowledge in the form of workshops to elementary school students at a private school, thus inserting it into the school year's curriculum, where they will have access to various information on the subject. This is a cross-sectional study aimed at 50 students from the second to fifth year of elementary school, who responded to a questionnaire in person and in a playful way, about their knowledge of food and the eating behavior of each research participant. As well as parents and/or legal guardians, who also responded to a questionnaire expressing their interest in including the workshops. With the study and subsequent implementation, it is expected that the students in question will adopt healthier habits and choices, as well as the regularization of the proposed workshops. Thus, it is concluded that there is a need to teach minors the importance of following assertive eating habits, being led by qualified professionals who, little by little, correlate the dangers behind an erroneous choice, as well as emphasizing the pathologies involved in the conditions. of malnutrition and obesity.