Food and nutritional education with students, parents, and employees in a public school of the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo/EDUCACAO ALIMENTAR E NUTRICIONAL COM ALUNOS, PAIS E COLABORADORES DE UMA ESCOLA MUNICIPAL DA REGIAO METROPOLITANA DE SAO PAULO

Introduction and objective: The school environment helps the transformation of knowledge obtained in behavioral changes, because students, parents, employees, and teachers get involved in a dynamic way in the process of changes. This study aimed to trace the profile of students, parents and employees in a public school of the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, in relation to sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics from the food consumption and habits of life as well raise awareness them of the adoption of a healthy eating. Materials and methods: It were an intervention study held with 23 parents, 27 employees and 258 students. The nutritional status of parents and employees was reviewed by the Body Mass Index (BMI), correlating it in socioeconomic rank, education, and the food consumption. The nutritional status of the students was determined by indexes: Height for the Age, Weight for the Age, and Body Mass Index for the Age at Z-score according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Results: The parents showed lesser average ages than the employees, 75% of the parents and 85% of the employees were overweight. The parents got lower education than the employees. The employees belonged to high socioeconomic rank (A + B) while the parents belonged to lower socioeconomic rank (C + D-E). 30% of the students were overweight. Discussion and conclusion: It were concluded that the studied group was overweight. The employees are older with higher education and socioeconomic status than the parents. 70% of them need to improve the food consumption and other lifestyle habits. Key words: School Nutrition. Nutritional status. Food and nutritional education. Food consumption. Introducao e objetivo: O ambiente escolar auxilia na transformacao do conhecimento adquirido em mudancas comportamentais, pois alunos, pais, funcionarios e professores se envolvem de maneira dinamica no processo de mudancas. Este trabalho teve por objetivo tracar o perfil de alunos, pais e colaboradores de uma escola municipal da regiao metropolitana de Sao Paulo, em relacao as caracteristicas sociodemograficas, antropometricas, do consumo alimentar e outros habitos de vida e sensibiliza-los para adocao de uma alimentacao saudavel. Materiais e Metodos: Foi um estudo de intervencao realizado com 23 pais, 27 colaboradores e 258 alunos. O estado nutricional dos pais e colaboradores foi avaliado pelo Indice de Massa Corporal, correlacionando-o a classe socioeconomica, escolaridade e ao consu