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04/04/2012
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At age 13, Matheus Rodrigues attends a private school in Sao Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, and is equal to the eating habits of most children in this age group. Sweets, fried foods, snack foods and soft drinks top the list of preferences.
And it is at recess he and classmates enjoy the variety of goodies.
- The canteen sells everything. It has natural snack and juice, but also have sweets and snacks. Until they sell Brig. I try to pick just snacks and juices, because at home my mother always saying that I only like crap. But occasionally I buy snack, because it is cheaper than natural snack.
To encourage private schools to offer a truly healthy diet for children like Matthew, the federal government establishes, on Wednesday (4), according to a Fenep (National Federation of Private Schools).
Developed by the Ministry of Health, the project will build on the Healthy School Canteens Manual: Promoting Healthy Eating, which has been delivered in public institutions.
The manual will be distributed to school administrators, outlines a plan for the six months canteens undergo a makeover and start offering exclusively nutritious foods, and give tips on how to work the issue with students.
The project has not yet been implemented, but has caught the attention of schools such as the College Monteiro Lobato, in Brasília (DF), who want to offer a menu more nutritious students.
The institution's director, Ana Maria de Castro Mesquita says that it is difficult to change the habits of children and you want to deploy the project gradually.
- If the child arrives in the canteen and have a brigadier and an apple, it is clear that she will not want the fruit. So the idea is to deploy the new menu at a, minus the calories and foods with alternatives such as hot.
Change of habits
In Sao Paulo, institutions like the School Castanheiras, the capital, have joined the movement for a healthier diet. Since 2009, public and private schools of the state are instructed not to offer, even in outsourced canteens, soft drinks and artificial, as well as foods that exceed 1% of total energy from trans fat. That leaves restricted fries, sweets and meats.
To turn once the routine feeding of students, the School Castanheiras hired a nutrition team, which handles the menu from the cafeteria to the dietary requirements of students with a tendency to obesity or with special dietary needs.
According to the nutritionist at the institution, Camila Podete, it is not enough to nutritious food, it is okay to change the thinking in relation to food.
- Children and adolescents need to understand that it is not because it is a healthy food is bad. But to do so, they must have access to a variety of fruits and vegetables, and attractive dishes that bring these foods.
In the school canteen, says Camilla, students have already exchanged the drumsticks for quiches, juice and soda by the bullets of gelatin.
- The space also sells chocolates in small quantities, but staff are instructed to offer another food calories less at the time of purchase. And it often is enough for the child change his mind.
The school also chose a day in the month to offer some food "special", which is usually a sweet.
- The change in the daily habit allows the child to "escape" of healthy food from time to time. After all, they are still children and will continue enjoying this kind of food.
Source: R7 News
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