ATIVIDADES COM HORTAS NA FORMAÇÃO DE BONS HÁBITOS ALIMENTARES EM CRIANÇAS

Abstract

Health and healthy food are two issues being currently addressed and are closely related. Many people have adopted the healthy lifestyle, which is to consume only foods that benefit health, mainly vegetables, however, is difficult to include these foods on the menu of children, especially those who already have the habit of consumption "formed ". In children who are still building their eating habits, encouraging the consumption of healthy food becomes easier, especially if this is practiced in conjunction with the school. The aim of this work was to encourage the consumption of vegetables in elementary school children at a school in the city of Areia, Parahyba, Brazil.. This work is part of project PROBEX/2015, developed by the Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) of the Center for Agricultural Sciences (CAS) of the Federal University of Parahyba (FUP). Vertical kitchen gardens were established using PET bottles in a school involving students from 1 to 5 grade of elementary school. During each stage of the project all students had expository activities and practice with vegetables such as planting, watering and harvesting. It appears that projects with gardens in schools are very important to encourage consumption of healthy foods for students and develop recycling activities; the development of activities with gardens in schools, shows significant results, especially for students of the 1 and 2 years of elementary school, it is believed that the age range in these students which are between 6 and 9 years old, is the most appropriate for working to form good eating habits; extension activities with gardens in schools can contribute to public policy, as the State Law 10,431/15, which prohibits the sale of soft drinks in canteens or snack bars, installed in private or public schools in Parahyba,