Abstract

DINIZ, Camila Bantim Cruz et al. Adolescent nutrition monitoring the Health Program in School. J. Hum. Growth Dev. [online]. 2020, vol.30, n.1, pp. 32-39. ISSN 0104-1282.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.v30.9961.

INTRODUCTION: Overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence are important public health problems. In this context, the school has been identified as a favorable environment for carrying out health education programs. The Health at School Program and its important performance stand out. Thus, considering these discussions, they ask: How are the actions developed by the Health at School Program, focused on nutrition, being implemented?OBJECTIVE: Analyze the teenager monitoring in the School Health Program (PSE in Brazil) opposite actions to the nutritional aspects of adolescentsMETHODS: This is a descriptive, qualitative study in Juazeiro municipality North-Ce, with the subject 18 nurses of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) inserted in the PES that municipalityRESULTS: Nurses have limited assistance in the face of food practices, which implies in its operations; report having difficulty performing their actions outside the conventional health units and focus on strategies for a food menuCONCLUSION: The monitoring of adolescents in the School Health Program ahead nutritional value is still limited to preventive practices involving specific actions, limited to a Sfood education focused on the health problem and not the needs of adolescents

Keywords : adolescents; nutrition; school.

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