A importância do consumo de frutas e a orientação alimentar de alunos do ensino fundamental de escolas públicas do Município de Cocal (PIAUÍ, BRASIL)

Abstract

Healthy eating habits, such as regular consumption of fruits, are very important for maintaining the health of the human body. The ingestion of natural foods should be encouraged from childhood, which is not always stimulated due to an intense implementation of habits such as the consumption of industrialized foods available in the market. There is a great diversity of fruits available in nature, they are considered foods with high nutritional power, and in each type of fruit is found several types of essential nutrients, mainly water, vitamins and minerals, that perform the functions in the human body. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of nutrition and the nutritional profile of elementary school students in the José Basson School Unit and the Samuel Tupinambá School Unit located in the municipality of Cocal, Piauí, as well as to elucidate the importance of a healthy and nutritious diet in the your day to day. They were addressed aspects related to the importance of fruit consumption and the benefits of healthy eating, and questionnaires were applied to 6th to 9th grade students.. What has been observed throughout the research was that the students who make up the 8th and 9th grade are the ones with the most diversified eating habits. All students have of the importance of regular consumption of nutritious foods, but the practicality of industrialized products becomes more accessible. Food education is much debated today, subject that must be addressed by educators because it is a fundamental theme in the formation of the individual to promote their physical and intellectual well-being, in the face of the growth of health problems related to daily malnutrition such as diabetes, obesity and arterial hypertension