O ludic as a strategy in nutrition education: perceptions of nutrition students in the discipline of food and nutrition education

Abstract

Food and nutrition education (FNE) can be seen as a strategy for the promotion of healthy eating habits and the adoption of food and nutrition security (FNS) actions and the human right to adequate food (AHRA), to strengthen autonomy and bring resignification to a continuous and permanent practice in the subjects' lifestyle. The present work aimed, therefore, to report the experience of students of the fourth period of the Nutrition course in the elaboration of playful educational activities on food and nutrition education (NE). This is an experience report, which reports to health education activities, from a playful perspective, developed in the discipline of Food and Nutrition Education - EAN, given in the 4th period of the Bachelor of Nutrition course, from a private institution, located in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The results and discussions were reported for the analysis of educational actions for specific groups, carried out in the context of the classroom, which contributed to the academic training process, providing them with an approach to the daily lives of their future patients. The groups were: Target Group 01: Adolescents participating in a group promoted by a Social Assistance Reference Center (ASR), with the Mirror Dynamics, my mirror; Target Group 02: Children with visual and hearing disabilities attended by the Bem Viver Group with dynamics of what is this food?, and finally, Target Group 03: Elderly participants in a group of Hiperdia developed in primary care with interpretation of reading labels. Therefore, the use of playfulness proved to be capable of enhancing the teaching and learning process from a more interactive, reflective, critical and enjoyable perspective. In this way, the Nutrition student had the opportunity to diversify his theoretical-methodological repertoire about health education activities.