Alimentos ultraprocessados sob o olhar de crianças da zona rural

Abstract

It is known that children are able to choose the food they want, influenced by personal taste and the environment in which they live. Thus, to investigate the conditions that lead to the consumption of processed foods, we opted for the school environment to gather a group of children with common characteristics - age and attended school level - because they are familiar with the place, with colleagues and free from the direct influence of the thought of parents or guardians at the time of the approach. Assuming the existence of which there are differences in eating behavior conditions as the proximity to the urban area, the study evaluated all children in the fourth year of two schools in the rural area: the nearest and farthest from the urban area of the municipality. To achieve the study objectives was divided into four phases, the first concerning the setting and the others were held group dynamics and playful insertion theme. Independent school proximity to the urban center of the municipality, processed foods are already strongly embedded in the daily lives of these children. The taste was the main reported condition that leads to the consumption of this food group. It may be noted that the profession of parents / guardians, access and media influence on eating behavior on these foods.