This section represents a contribution of the Grupo Temático Alimentação e Nutrição em Saúde Coletiva da Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (GT-ANSC Abrasco, Thematic Group Food and Nutrition in Public Health of the Brazilian Association of Public Health) to the theme of education relating to this specific field of knowledge production and social practices. The said group resulted of a rich path that includes, among its founding landmarks, the workshop "Human Right to Food and Nutrition-Perspectives for the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS, Unified Health Care System)", conducted by the Coordenação Geral da Política de Alimentação e Nutrição (CGPAN, General Coordination of the Policy of Food and Nutrition)-of the Ministry of Health at the "IV Brazilian Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities" promoted by Abrasco in 2007. Based on decisions and goals defined back then, the GT-ANSC Abrasco would come to constitute in 2008 in the core of this association, supported by the recognition of the pertinence of granting importance to the objectives of the field of food and nutrition in the set of initiatives that compose Abrasco's mission.