Educação Alimentar e Nutricional

Abstract

Adequate and healthy food is everyone's right, and it is characterized by being the one that meets the needs of each individual. Food and Nutrition Education contributes to this right being achieved, providing children with experiences, information and developing knowledge associated with food. The present study aimed to contextualize the definition and importance of Food and Nutrition Education for health and describe strategies carried out in childhood. A narrative literature review was carried out, from publications indexed in the Google Scholar and Scielo databases. Eight studies were selected that obligatorily included the terms Food and Nutrition Education, child, children, preschool and preschoolers in the title. Food and Nutrition Education is characterized as a strategy aimed at preventing and controlling food-related disorders. It was observed that the studies covered topics such as healthy eating, introduction of new foods, sensory analyzes with playful methodologies, and because of this, it was identified that children were more willing to participate in actions. Furthermore, the community and parents were part of the activities. The main findings were the preservation of scientific articles that address Food and Nutrition Education strategies, which may be related to the nutritionist's lack of interest or lack of interest in working in the area, and among the selected articles, few followed the methodology completely.