Educação Alimentar e Nutricional em grupos no âmbito da saúde

Abstract

Food and Nutrition Education (EAN) is presented as a tool for the formation of autonomous subjects, capable of making good food choices, acting in the promotion of self-care and healthy eating habits, enabling the guarantee of the Human Right to Adequate Food and Food Security and Nutritional (SAN). The groups are presented as a modality of collective care for health promotion based on interpersonal relationships and joint constructions. This work aimed to identify the performance and results of groups with a food and nutrition approach that occurred in health services. 25 articles were analyzed, published in indexed journals, exploring the types of studies; group types; location of groups; number of participants, audience and health needs; duration and frequency of meetings; professionals responsible for conducting interventions; intervention outcomes and study limitations. The adoption of groups as a strategy for working with EAN proved to be positive in health services, with positive outcomes in changing habits, expanding knowledge among group participants, improving food consumption and health parameters. Finally, it was concluded that groups with an EAN approach proved to be a way to promote health and SAN.