Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-02-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:59:06Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 gaino_ra_me_botfm.pdf: 963780 bytes, checksum: 4229ce0ebd75ee2aeaa0f206881f5fce (MD5) / Considerando-se que a alimentação e a nutrição são aspectos fundamentais para a promoção da saúde da criança, a presente pesquisa tem por objetivo identificar a concepção da criança em idade escolar em relação à alimentação e nutrição. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, de abordagem interpretativa, na qual foram entrevistadas dezessete crianças com idade de 9 a 11 anos de uma escola municipal de Botucatu, no interior paulista, no ano de 2011. Foram realizadas duas entrevistas semi-estruturadas; questionário com questões abertas; observação participativa com uma oficina culinária, leitura e interpretação de histórias infantis e trabalho com desenhos e; diário de campo, como material para coleta de dados. As entrevistas abordaram as concepções das crianças em relação à alimentação e a nutrição. Essas foram gravadas e tiveram a duração de cerca de uma hora cada uma As transcrições foram feitas pela pesquisadora. Os dados foram apresentados de forma descritiva e as entrevistas foram interpretadas através de análise de conteúdo, sendo que emergiram dos dados empíricos cinco categorias de análise. Como resultados, esse estudo possibilitou identificar que as crianças têm noção do caminho por que passam os alimentos nos seus sistemas digestivos e percebem a digestão nas suas diferentes etapas. Além disso, aponta a presença da mãe na prática alimentar e na escolha dos cardápios. Há, ainda, preocupação com a concepção dos alimentos como promotores de saúde e também como produtores de doenças e até como sua falta ou excesso pode contribuir para o óbito. As crianças destacam as funções dos alimentos assim como seus componentes específicos e apresentam concepções adequadas sobre as qualidades especificas de alimentos considerados promotores de saúde. No entanto... / Considering that alimentation and nutrition are crucial for the child health promotion, the present work aims to identify the school-age child's conception in relation to alimentation and nutrition. This is a qualitative-interpretive approach-research in with seventeen children aged 9-11 years have been interviewed on a municipal school of Botucatu in the countryside of São Paulo in 2011. Several activities were realized as two semi-structured interviews; a questionnaire with open questions; a culinary workshop dynamic observation; children's stories reading and drawings interpretation; and work with a field journal, as material for data collection. The interviews approached the children conception about alimentation and nutrition. They were recorded and lasted approximately one hour each. The interviews approached the children conception about alimentation and nutrition. They were recorded and lasted approximately one hour each. The transcripts were made by the researcher. Data were presented descriptively and interviews were interpreted using content analysis. Five categories of analysis emerged from empirical data. As a result, this study identified that children have notion of the way the food passes in their digestive systems have the perception of digestion in its different stages. Furthermore, it indicates the presence of the mother in eating habits and choice of menus. There is also concern about the concept of food as health promoters as well as producers of disease and even as their lack or excess can contribute to death. Children highlight the roles of food as well as their specific components and have adequate conceptions about the special qualities of foods considered health promoters. However, it was revealed that they do not like foods such as vegetables and some fruits and this may be related to the habits... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Poor nutrition and impaired dietary intakes are associated with certain chronic disease states such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. There have been a number of school-based, nutrition-focused interventions which have been used to measure and determine healthy eating behaviours in UK school children but with varying degrees of success. The main aim of this thesis was to develop, pilot and evaluate the Children’s Health, Activity and Nutrition: Get Educated! (CHANGE!), a healthy eating curriculum for year 6 children. A formative study, unique in this type of intervention study, was carried out to investigate the behaviours, habits and attitudes to food of the children and the data collected used to inform the design of the intervention teaching curriculum. It revealed the diversity of the food and eating environments to which the children were exposed. Some of their perceptions about health and food, food choices and eating behaviours were inter-related. The key health messages included in the teaching curriculum were developed from these findings. At baseline, the participants’ food intakes, knowledge about food and nutrition and their attitudes to eating were measured using questionnaires. Additionally anthropometric measurements were taken and the children’s postcodes used to assess the socio-economic status of the children. The results showed that the control and intervention groups were alike at baseline. At post-intervention, the results indicated that there were some positive changes to food intakes, with a slight decrease in the consumption of negative marker foods. There was an increase in the total mean food knowledge scores, with children from the areas of lower deprivation scoring highest. There was no significant difference between control and intervention groups. The children’s eating attitudes displayed some trends with cues to eating. There was a significant increase in height in all children but this did not alter the body mass index status of the overweight or obese children. The importance of the use of CHANGE! as an intervention at the school-level is demonstrated by some of the more important findings from the study, such as the increased self-assessed ability to make certain foods, and that there was an increase in total food knowledge scores from the children who lived in areas of lower deprivation. These results could potentially be the starting point for some children to start questioning the types of food they are habitually eating and maybe looking to make some adjustments to their behaviours, as even small changes can be nutritionally significant in the longer-term for the future health of the children. Furthermore, the sustainability and long-term effects of CHANGE! need additional assessment and evaluation.

Orientador: Eliana Goldfarb Cyrino / Banca: Alice Yamashita Prearo / Banca: Luciana Maria Lunardi Campos / Resumo: Considerando-se que a alimentação e a nutrição são aspectos fundamentais para a promoção da saúde da criança, a presente pesquisa tem por objetivo identificar a concepção da criança em idade escolar em relação à alimentação e nutrição. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, de abordagem interpretativa, na qual foram entrevistadas dezessete crianças com idade de 9 a 11 anos de uma escola municipal de Botucatu, no interior paulista, no ano de 2011. Foram realizadas duas entrevistas semi-estruturadas; questionário com questões abertas; observação participativa com uma oficina culinária, leitura e interpretação de histórias infantis e trabalho com desenhos e; diário de campo, como material para coleta de dados. As entrevistas abordaram as concepções das crianças em relação à alimentação e a nutrição. Essas foram gravadas e tiveram a duração de cerca de uma hora cada uma As transcrições foram feitas pela pesquisadora. Os dados foram apresentados de forma descritiva e as entrevistas foram interpretadas através de análise de conteúdo, sendo que emergiram dos dados empíricos cinco categorias de análise. Como resultados, esse estudo possibilitou identificar que as crianças têm noção do caminho por que passam os alimentos nos seus sistemas digestivos e percebem a digestão nas suas diferentes etapas. Além disso, aponta a presença da mãe na prática alimentar e na escolha dos cardápios. Há, ainda, preocupação com a concepção dos alimentos como promotores de saúde e também como produtores de doenças e até como sua falta ou excesso pode contribuir para o óbito. As crianças destacam as funções dos alimentos assim como seus componentes específicos e apresentam concepções adequadas sobre as qualidades especificas de alimentos considerados promotores de saúde. No entanto... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Considering that alimentation and nutrition are crucial for the child health promotion, the present work aims to identify the school-age child's conception in relation to alimentation and nutrition. This is a qualitative-interpretive approach-research in with seventeen children aged 9-11 years have been interviewed on a municipal school of Botucatu in the countryside of São Paulo in 2011. Several activities were realized as two semi-structured interviews; a questionnaire with open questions; a culinary workshop dynamic observation; children's stories reading and drawings interpretation; and work with a field journal, as material for data collection. The interviews approached the children conception about alimentation and nutrition. They were recorded and lasted approximately one hour each. The interviews approached the children conception about alimentation and nutrition. They were recorded and lasted approximately one hour each. The transcripts were made by the researcher. Data were presented descriptively and interviews were interpreted using content analysis. Five categories of analysis emerged from empirical data. As a result, this study identified that children have notion of the way the food passes in their digestive systems have the perception of digestion in its different stages. Furthermore, it indicates the presence of the mother in eating habits and choice of menus. There is also concern about the concept of food as health promoters as well as producers of disease and even as their lack or excess can contribute to death. Children highlight the roles of food as well as their specific components and have adequate conceptions about the special qualities of foods considered health promoters. However, it was revealed that they do not like foods such as vegetables and some fruits and this may be related to the habits... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre