Minicurso de vegetarianismo e veganismo na alimentação escolar no âmbito do PNAE: um relato de experiência

Abstract

The Mini-course on Vegetarianism and Veganism is part of the School Feeding Training Trail for Students with Special Dietary Needs, whose target audience is nutritionists linked to the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) who work at municipal, state, district or federal levels. Plant-based diets have become popular in Brazil, and access to adequate and healthy food, with respect to culture, eating habits and individual needs, is a right of all students enrolled in public schools, regardless of their dietary restrictions and motivations. In this scenario, the qualification of the technicians responsible for school meals is a strategy to guarantee this right and the food and nutritional security of students. This is a documentary and also bibliographical research, with a qualitative nature and descriptive character, which aims to document the elaboration of the Mini-course on Vegetarianism and Veganism aimed at professionals who work in the National School Feeding Program. As a result, the research presents the course elaboration scripts, with models made available by the National Education Development Fund (FNDE), these being the Course Design Script (RDC), the Course Elaboration Script (REC) and the Learning Object Script (REOA). It is concluded that the elaboration of tools that qualify professionals linked to school feeding is a primordial step for the promotion of inclusive feeding. With regard to plant-based food, there is still much to be explored for greater accessibility and integration, so it is imperative to seek healthy alternatives that create conditions for vegetarian children and adolescents to exercise their right to autonomy and food choice.