Abstract
School feeding programs in developed and developing countries were created to provide meals during the time the child is at school. Brazil and Portugal have programs to promote healthy eating to improve health and learning of children and other students. This study has aimed to emphasize the main features of the programs implemented in both countries, due to their great social importance, providing suggestions based on their differences and weaknesses. The National School Feeding Program exists in Brazil since 1955. All public schools must offer school meals to students of basic education and must meet between 20% and 70% of the daily nutritional needs. Menus must be planned by a nutritionist, respecting local habits and food traditions. The amount of transfer to fund these programs is made by the federal government to municipalities. Portugal has the generalization of School Meals Program, since 2005, directed to students of the 1 st cycle of basic education. It promotes widespread access of students to a balanced meal, which should provide 30-35% of energy intake. School Feeding Programs in Brazil and Portugal have great importance in meeting nutritional needs and food and nutrition education of students. DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2016.18776
Highlights
O interesse pela alimentação escolar iniciou-se após a 2a Guerra Mundial, por meio da United Nations, Educacional, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), na 14a Conferência sobre Educação Pública e no Internacional Bureau of Education, em Genebra, em 1951, para garantir o pleno desenvolvimento físico e intelectual, após o alerta de que crianças poderiam ter seu rendimento escolar limitado por alimentação insuficiente.[2]
School feeding programs in developed and developing countries were created to provide meals during the time the child is at school
This study aimed to emphasize the main features of the programs implemented in both countries, due to their great social importance, providing suggestions based on their differences and weaknesses
Summary
Os programas de alimentação escolar em países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento foram criados para oferecer refeições durante o horário em que a criança permanece na escola. O objetivo deste trabalho é realçar as principais características dos programas implementados nos dois países, por sua grande importância social, com intuito de contribuir com sugestões de melhoria a partir das diferenças e fragilidades que apresentam. Todas as escolas públicas devem oferecer merenda escolar (ME) aos alunos da educação básica e satisfazer entre 20% e 70% das necessidades nutricionais diárias. Portugal possui o Programa de Generalização das Refeições Escolares desde 2005, direcionado aos alunos do 1.o Ciclo do Ensino Fundamental. Os Programas de Alimentação Escolar no Brasil e em Portugal têm grande importância na satisfação de necessidades nutricionais e para a educação alimentar e nutricional dos alunos.
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