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Avaliação e Promoção da qualidade alimentar e nutricional de refeições escolares portuguesas - Programa Eat Mediterranean
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Introdução: O Programa Eat Mediterranean: A Program for Eliminating Dietary Inequalities in Schools foi desenvolvido através de uma abordagem abrangente a nível individual e comunitário, centrada no ambiente escolar. A escola constitui um ambiente privilegiado para educação para a saúde, promoção de estilos de vida saudáveis e equidade social, assumindo igualmente a responsabilidade de assegurar uma oferta alimentar nutricionalmente equilibrada.
Objetivos: Avaliar o impacto do programa Eat Mediterranean na qualidade nutricional da oferta alimentar nos refeitórios escolares em 3 Agrupamentos de Escolas dos municípios de Santarém e Alpiarça.
Metodologia: Foram avaliadas qualitativamente, através da ferramenta Sistema de Planeamento e Avaliação de Refeições Escolares (SPARE), todas as ementas escolares (n=386) do ano letivo 2015/16 das escolas do ensino pré-escolar e 1.º ciclo do ensino básico (responsabilidade municipal); 2.º e 3.º ciclos do ensino básico e ensino secundário (responsabilidade da Direção-Geral dos Estabelecimentos de Ensino) e de uma escola de 2.º e 3.º ciclos com confeção própria (responsabilidade da Escola), num total de 25 escolas. Foram elaboradas novas ementas de acordo com os critérios SPARE, as quais foram implementadas, em 2016/17, nas escolas da responsabilidade dos Municípios e na escola com confeção própria.
Resultados: Após a intervenção do Eat Mediterranean, a pontuação global SPARE das ementas da escola com confeção própria passou de 37% para 86,4%; nas escolas da responsabilidade dos Municípios de Santarém e Alpiarça, as pontuações globais SPARE passaram de 76,7% e 53,6%, respetivamente, para 88,2% e 100%, após a intervenção. Dos critérios SPARE não cumpridos na avaliação inicial e que passaram a estar cumpridos nas novas ementas implementadas destacam-se os associados à oferta de hortícolas, leguminosas, pescado e carnes brancas.
Conclusões: O Eat Mediterranean demonstrou ter um impacto favorável na qualidade das refeições oferecidas nas escolas em estudo. As escolas devem assumir um papel determinante na promoção de estilos de vida saudáveis onde se incluem os princípios da Dieta Mediterrânica, assumindo-a de forma coerente através de uma oferta alimentar equilibrada e saudável, atuando no ambiente social e económico das populações mais desfavorecidas.
Introduction: Eat Mediterranean: A Program for Eliminating Dietary Inequalities in Schools has been developed through a comprehensive approach at the individual and community level, focusing on the school environment. The school provides a privileged environment for health education, the promotion of healthy lifestyles and social equity, having the responsibility to ensure nutritionally balanced food availability. Objectives: Assess the impact of the Eat Mediterranean program on the nutritional quality of food offer in school canteens in 3 School Groupings in Santarém and Alpiarça municipalities. Methodology: All school menus (n = 386) of the school year 2015/16 were evaluated qualitatively through the tool SPARE (School Planning and Evaluation of School Meals): preschools and primary schools (responsibility of municipalities); 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic and secondary education schools (responsibility of DGEstE) and a school of 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic education with its own cooking service (responsibility of the School) – total of 25 schools. New menus were elaborated according to the SPARE criteria, which were implemented in school year 2016/17 in preschools and primary schools and in the school with its own cooking service. Results: After the intervention of the Eat Mediterranean, the SPARE score of the school menus with its own cooking service increased from 37% to 86.4%; in preschools and primary schools in Santarém and Alpiarça municipalities, the SPARE global scores went from 76.7% and 53.6%, respectively, to 88.2% and 100%, after intervention, respectively. Considering the SPARE criteria not met in the initial evaluation and those that have been fulfilled in the new menus implemented, we emphasize those associated with the supply of vegetables, legumes, fish and white meats. Conclusions: The Eat Mediterranean demonstrated to have a favourable impact on the quality of the meals served in the schools under study. Schools should play their key role in promoting healthy lifestyles, including the principles of the Mediterranean Diet, by taking it consistently through a balanced and healthy food offer, working in the social and economic environment of the most disadvantaged populations.
Introduction: Eat Mediterranean: A Program for Eliminating Dietary Inequalities in Schools has been developed through a comprehensive approach at the individual and community level, focusing on the school environment. The school provides a privileged environment for health education, the promotion of healthy lifestyles and social equity, having the responsibility to ensure nutritionally balanced food availability. Objectives: Assess the impact of the Eat Mediterranean program on the nutritional quality of food offer in school canteens in 3 School Groupings in Santarém and Alpiarça municipalities. Methodology: All school menus (n = 386) of the school year 2015/16 were evaluated qualitatively through the tool SPARE (School Planning and Evaluation of School Meals): preschools and primary schools (responsibility of municipalities); 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic and secondary education schools (responsibility of DGEstE) and a school of 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic education with its own cooking service (responsibility of the School) – total of 25 schools. New menus were elaborated according to the SPARE criteria, which were implemented in school year 2016/17 in preschools and primary schools and in the school with its own cooking service. Results: After the intervention of the Eat Mediterranean, the SPARE score of the school menus with its own cooking service increased from 37% to 86.4%; in preschools and primary schools in Santarém and Alpiarça municipalities, the SPARE global scores went from 76.7% and 53.6%, respectively, to 88.2% and 100%, after intervention, respectively. Considering the SPARE criteria not met in the initial evaluation and those that have been fulfilled in the new menus implemented, we emphasize those associated with the supply of vegetables, legumes, fish and white meats. Conclusions: The Eat Mediterranean demonstrated to have a favourable impact on the quality of the meals served in the schools under study. Schools should play their key role in promoting healthy lifestyles, including the principles of the Mediterranean Diet, by taking it consistently through a balanced and healthy food offer, working in the social and economic environment of the most disadvantaged populations.
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Oferta Aimentar Escolar Qualidade de Ementas Refeições Escolares SPARE Composição dos Alimentos Estilos de Vida e Impacto na Saúde Eat Mediterranean School Menus Nutrition Qualitative Evaluation School Meals Portugal
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Citation
Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição. 2018;12:06-12. doi: 10.21011/apn.2018.1202
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Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição