Diagnóstico da educação alimentar dos alunos do 1° ano do ensino médio de colégios público e privado da cidade de Cascavel - PR

Abstract

Bad eating habits are directly related to the development of diseases. It is proven that food education from the earliest months of life the child can collaborate with decreased rates of malnutrition, obesity and other related diseases in adulthood. Therefore, the school environment must be able to impart knowledge and encourage good eating habits. This study evaluated the dietary practices of students in first year high school students from a private school (School A) and a public school (school B), comparing and analyzing awareness and education acquired in schools. Dietary habits were assessed from a questionnaire and anthropometric data were measured in the classroom. The results showed that the school had a greater number of students with high BMI, especially males, in addition, the majority of students reported being dissatisfied with their body weight, and that this would diminish, almost everybody has scheme on their own and have attended a nutritionist. In both schools students practice physical activities often tend to eat whenever hungry and constantly eating foods or possibly in front of televisions, computers and video games. About the habit of reading food labels, in both schools the rate was low, being higher in school A. Water consumption was high in both schools. Consumption of natural and industrialized juice was higher in the school and the consumption of soda and milk was higher in school B. The consumption of rice and beans was high in both schools. Compared to other foods analyzed, both schools had a lower percentage of students who responded to consume these foods daily. There was no difference in food consumption in group 2 and group 4, but the food consumption of group 3 and group 5 was higher in school B. Indexes school was higher than when asked if the students already had classroom nutrition education, and if they knew the macronutrients and micronutrients from food. In both schools students were able to classify healthy foods from unhealthy and despite some doubts were able to classify correctly the food sold in canteens of schools. The present study demonstrated that food education is more present in the private school and may have been responsible for better food choices, however, most students outside the eutrophic profile was also found that school. In both schools there was incorrect eating habits, indicating that food education is being neglected, further monitoring of teachers and the development of projects focused nutrition education is needed.