Estratégias de educação nutricional do ambiente escolar: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

This integrative review aimed to investigate and analyze the published literature concerning nutritional education strategies used in basic education of public and private schools to form healthier eating habits. The search was conducted on the Virtual Health Library (VHL) andthe final sample included 9 articles, published in portuguese in Latin American Literature and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS) and the Database of Nursing (BDENF) since 2006, available in full text and that answered the question "How are being developed strategies fornutrition education in basic education of public and private schools?". Educational practices, playfulness, were developed for students 3 to 17 years, of both genders. The strategies used in the studies were assembling the food pyramid, dynamic and group discussions, dramatization, coloring activities, painting, clipping, gluing and assembly of posters, games and jokes, films, modeling clay, lecture and xplanation of history, culinary workshops, assembly model, preparation of journal about food and slogan contest and music. Behavior change and trainingof new eating habits was observed after intervention, but it was not possible to maintain these habits for a longer period of time. The educational activities in the school environment must happen continuously and systematically and further studies are needed to assess the changes in behavior and formation of new eating habits for a longer period of time.