The norms obtained in the installation of Preschool Food Education Center (CEAPE) in a primary school of the city of S. Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

To establish norms for the orientation and installation of Preschool Food Education Centers (CEAPE) in a school of the Capital, was the CEAPE in a primary municipal school of the city of São Paulo, Brasil. The norms obtained are refered to: a) Nutrition training for primary school teachers responsable for the program. b) Course in Nutrition lectured to mothers, that have enrolled their preschool children in the CEAPE. c) The effective installation of the program refered to preschool children frequency; and nutritional education of mothers, through their participation in the CEAPE activities. It was recommended the preliminary motivation of the director and teachers of the primary school to guarantee continuity of the program and also the previous knowledge of characteristics of the community and schools in order to adapt the CEAPE to local conditions. It was recommended that CEAPE should be extended to primary school network as an efficient and economic measure to improve the preschool child's health conditions.