Knowledge in nutrition school lunch ladies of kindergarten and elementary network of Public Pelotas / RS

Introdu????o: A alimenta????o saud??vel ?? reconhecidamente um importante fator para a manuten????o da sa??de. A inadequa????o alimentar associada a outros determinantes ?? respons??vel pela incid??ncia de doen??as cr??nico-degenerativas nos diferentes subgrupos da popula????o (adultos, adolescentes, trabalhadores). Ainda ?? pol??mico na literatura a import??ncia do conhecimento nutricional para a ades??o a h??bitos alimentares saud??veis. Objetivo: Descrever o n??vel de conhecimento sobre nutri????o e a freq????ncia de h??bitos alimentares saud??veis em merendeiras do ensino infantil e fundamental da rede p??blica do munic??pio de Pelotas. Metodologia: o estudo ser?? do tipo censo observacional de corte transversal. A popula????o do estudo ser??o as merendeiras que atuam na prepara????o e distribui????o da alimenta????o escolar das escolas municipais e estaduais de ensino infantil e fundamental da zona urbana da cidade de Pelotas-RS. O instrumento utilizado para a coleta de dados ser?? um question??rio contendo quest??es ocioecon??micas, demogr??ficas, alimentares, e de sa??de. A verifica????o do n??vel de conhecimento em nutri????o ser?? estudada atrav??s da aplica????o de question??rio espec??fico. As an??lises estat??sticas ser??o realizadas no programa estat??stico SPSS 17.0.Introduction: the healthy food is a well-known important factor to maintain health. The inadequate food associated to other determinants is responsible for the incidence of chronic-degenerated diseases in the different population subgroups (adults, adolescents, workers). It still is polemic in the literature the importance of nutritional knowledge to adhere to healthy eating habits. Objective: to describe the level of knowledge about nutrition and the frequency of healthy eating habits in primary and elementary public school cooks in Pelotas. Methodology: it will be a census cross-sectional observing cohort study. The studied population will be cooks working in the preparation and distribution of school food in primary and elementary public schools in the urban area in Pelotas,RS. To collect data it will be used a questionnaire with social economic, demographic, food and health questions. To verify the level of knowledge about nutrition, a specific questionnaire will be applied. The statistic analysis will be performed using SPSS 17.0 statistic software