Food, nutritional and leisure education at school

Abstract

Many people in adult life are unaware of healthy eating habits and practices of activities in the context of leisure, the lack of this knowledge has as consequences the high rates of chronic-degenerative diseases, emotional and behavioral problems that affect the Brazilian population. The school is a privileged space for food, nutrition, and leisure education, and plays a fundamental role in the formation of values, habits, and lifestyles, serving as a basis for the development of multiple skills in children, including cognitive ones. This work aims to analyze the issue of food, nutrition, and leisure education at school. This is a literature review. As a result, the school is an important space for children to develop knowledge that will be the basis for their lives, among the possible learnings are the understanding of a healthy and nutritional diet and the development of habits that include the practice of leisure activities, such as sport, generating implications for the development and growth of children and for their future routine.