O papel do nutricionista na segurança alimentar e nutricional em escolas de período integral: uma revisão da literatura

Abstract

This paper has as its main objective to report the dietitian's role in food security and nutrition in schools, according to literature references that address this role. To this purpose, a bibliographical research was undertaken in the following online and free access databases and websites: Academic Google; in the scientific journals from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); ScientificElectronic Library Online (SciELO); Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe emCiências da Saúde (LILACSBIREME); National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE), Virtual Health Library (VBS), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) and Food and Nutritional Safety Journal (UNICAMP); as well as in books, term papers, thesis, dissertations and materials developed by the National Education and Health Bureau between 2004 and 2015. The selection of the descriptors was performed by consulting the Health Science Descriptors (http://decs.bvs.br) in English and in Portuguese. The followingwereused: Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Food Security), Serviços de Saúde para Estudantes (Student Health Services), Brasil (Brazil) Nutricionista (Nutritionist), Alimentação Escolar (SchoolFeeding), Ciências da Nutrição (NutritionalSciences).Boarding schools have become a possible reality for a significant portion of Brazilian children. The demand for this kind of service is escalating due to women’s active participation in the job market. Having a healthy diet plays an important role throughout individuals’ lives, mainly during school years, in which children make new discoveries every day, including eating. Therefore, the nutritionist is the professional in charge of nutrition and eating. On top of that, this professional is also responsible for the actions referring to the FNS at schools, being the one responsible to act on the development of eating and nutrition education projects to the school community and the promotion of environmental and ecological awareness as well as to plan, alongside with both the principal and the pedagogical coordinator, playful activities approaching eating and nutrition, thus contributing to a healthier and safer eating practice.