Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:55:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AugustoSM.pdf: 335954 bytes, checksum: 833c494ed0bc45913cca52949553c8b6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-09-27 / This study has as objective to examine the level of perception of high school students from two private schools in Natal-RN about the existence of a direct link between alimentary habit and its effects on environmental. The research was lead with 433 students, who had their school alimentary habits investigated according to the 24-hour recall method and presents the results of data collection from their opinions on participating in the generation of industrialized solid residues and their yearnings about the improvements of the standard of the food offered in the school. The students show a high rate of grading age for level at school, traditional family structure, riding, predominantly, by car or by bus in the house-school-house way, have generally all three important meals at home, feed frequently at their school, getting it from their won school, which included, mainly, soft drinks and fried or grilled appetizers; show a good knowledge about selective collectors, however with a high variation in their correct use. They show significant approval in the existence of a connection between their alimentary habits and debased effects about environmental and consider their food compounds at school could improve the offering of health/natural food, slowing industrialized foods, which are highly used, sometimes. The study on the students knowledge and concern level with regard to the interface alimentary habit-environmental impact allowed delimitating some of the mainly involved components in the alimentary choices of the same students in the school environment, what might help to develop a set of proposals that stimulates the formation of a responsible consumption standard among teenagers and the need of a consideration about the consequences of their choices / Este estudo tem como objetivo verificar qual o n?vel de percep??o dos estudantes do ensino m?dio de duas escolas da rede privada em Natal-RN, sobre a exist?ncia de uma rela??o direta entre o h?bito alimentar e seus efeitos sobre o ambiente. A pesquisa foi conduzida com 433 estudantes, que tiveram seus h?bitos alimentares no ambiente escolar investigados com base no m?todo recordat?rio 24 horas e apresenta os resultados da coleta de dados de suas opini?es sobre como participam na gera??o de res?duos s?lidos industrializados e seus anseios quanto ?s melhorias do padr?o de oferta de alimentos na escola. Os estudantes apresentam alto ?ndice de nivelamento et?rio por s?rie, estrutura familiar tradicional (pai e m?e juntos), deslocando-se no trajeto resid?ncia-escola-resid?ncia, predominantemente, de carro ou de ?nibus, fazem, geralmente, as tr?s refei??es convencionais em casa, costumam consumir alimentos diariamente na escola, adquirindo-os na pr?pria escola, estes consistem, principalmente, em refrigerantes e salgados fritos ou assados; os entrevistados apresentam relativo conhecimento sobre os coletores seletivos, por?m, com grande varia??o na freq??ncia do uso correto dos mesmos. Demonstram significativa anu?ncia quanto ? exist?ncia de conex?o entre seus h?bitos alimentares e efeitos degradantes sobre o ambiente e consideram que os complexos alimentares em suas escolas poderiam aumentar a oferta de alimentos naturais e/ou saud?veis, diminuindo a oferta, ora elevada, de alimentos industrializados. O estudo sobre o grau de conhecimento e de preocupa??o dos estudantes com rela??o ? interface h?bito alimentar-impacto ambiental permitiu delimitar alguns dos principais componentes envolvidos na determina??o dos h?bitos alimentares dos mesmos em ambiente escolar, o que poder? ajudar a desenvolver um conjunto de propostas que objetive o est?mulo ? forma??o de um padr?o de consumo respons?vel entre os adolescentes e ? necessidade de reflex?o sobre as conseq??ncias de suas escolhas