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RESUMOPromover a educação requer a garantia de um PALAVRAS-CHAVE:INFRAESTRUTURA ESCOLAR.

A qualitative evaluation of the diet of a probabilistic sample of 7-10 year old schoolchildren (n = 1,232) from Florianópolis (southern Brazil) was carried out by analyzing compliance with recommendations from the Brazilian Food Guidelines. The strengths and limitations of the Previous Day Food Questionnaire (PDFQ) are also presented. Frequencies of intake were defined as how many times per day the food group was reported on the PDFQ. The percentages of schoolchildren who met the minimum recommendations and who ate foods that were not recommended in the guidelines were compared for boys versus girls, private versus public school and by family income level. Although most of the children complied with the guidelines regarding consumption of meat/fish, dry beans, sweets, and eating three meals and two snacks, only 6.5% of the children met the recommendations for cereals, and 15% for fruit and vegetables. The PDFQ was confirmed as a practical and cost-effective method for the evaluation of compliance with health promotion targets.

The consumption of foods with high nutritional value was a protective factor against overweight among adolescents. This finding reinforces the importance of actions aimed at changing behaviors related to the family environment by encouraging the incorporation of healthy eating and active leisure time.

<span style="font: 13px/normal verdana, arial; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;">O autor, professor da Universidade de São Paulo e Pesquisador Senior da Fundação Carlos Chagas, um dos co-autores do artigo sobre teoria da resposta ao item, juntamente com a autora, especialista em estatística, teve oportunidade de estudar o assunto e estagiar em instituições norte-americanas, inclusive no ETS, na Nova Jérsei. Hoje, ambos os autores vêm utilizando as suas expertise em trabalhos de grande repercussão realizados na Fundação Carlos Chagas, no Ministério da Educação e do Desporto e na Secretaria de Estado da Educação do Estado de São Paulo.</span>

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