Análise sobre oferta de peixe na merenda das escolas públicas de Uruguaiana-RS

Abstract

The school age , as well as other stages of child growth and development healthy eating is essential , promotes health, prevents diseases related to poor nutrition and child bad nutrition. It is during the school period which child population will form eating habits of gradually and develop the social, cognitive and emotional areas. Inadequate food practices already acquired should always be corrected respecting the cultural and social valors. In this scenario the Brazilian government each year has been encouraging the fish supply in student meals. This research aimed to evaluate the fish offer the students' lunch of public schools Uruguaiana. For this it was performed a questionnaire with closed questions to directors thirty schools, and Municipal Secretary of Education. The results were that only 2% of the city's schools offer fish in feeding the students , the other 98 % encounter financial difficulties or bureaucratic in buying the fish. We conclude that this research is important because knowing the difficulties encountered by managers can set new goals as inclusion of fish in school.