Perception of food quality among users of a clinic-school in the interior of the state of Bahia, Brazil

This work intends to describe and analyze the extensionist activities of health education with focus on the food aspect, carried out with to the population of the surroundings of a school clinic located in the south of the State of Bahia, Brazil. The activities started in March and were completed in July 2015, attending a total of 570 people, and consisted in the application of a survey and the accomplishment of three workshops designed from the answers of the survey and directed to know the eating habits of the participants and Suggest new behaviors that could help promote health. The final results pointed out that individuals with lower income and schooling tend not to consider food label information and to know less about the risks of poor diet to their health.