Educação alimentar e nutricional: discussão sobre uma estratégia realizada no município de Santo Antônio de Jesus

Abstract

The objective is to discuss the use of flipchart with food and nutrition education strategy for individual consultations held in Santo Antônio de Jesus It is an analytical descriptive study on a pilot project that was developed during the probationary nutrition in public health, compulsory curricular component of the course Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from the Federal University of Bahia Reconcavo. The research was conducted in the municipal clinic of St. Anthony of Jesus. Thus, a flip chart was made that would facilitate the improvement of nutritional guidelines, divided into three thematic blocks: Healthy food, most prevalent diseases among users and related organic systems diseases containing images and text purpose. The results show that the flipchart helped in the realization of Food and Nutrition Education in the context for which it was designed and made. Do Food and Nutrition Education is still a difficult task, however the creation of different instruments has helped in its realization and allowed users a broader view about their health problems.