Evaluation of the nutritional composition of school meals offered to righ school students in the city of Manaus, Brazil

Angela Gama Batista; Jannila Hammanda Santos de Freitas; Keliany Alves da Costa; Raisa Lima de Sousa

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

Evaluation of the nutritional composition of school meals offered to righ school students in the city of Manaus, Brazil

Angela Gama Batista, Jannila Hammanda Santos De Freitas, Keliany Alves Da Costa, Raisa Lima De Sousa

Abstract :

The present study aim to evaluate the school feeding menu offered to students of a public school in the city of Manaus. Its a work of comparison and observation in order to analyze the portion of each preparation comp� them with the recommendation of energy and macronutrients established by the national school feeding program (PNAE). The analysis was realized in the feeding menu of one week, being the same dismembered in ingredientes and per capita, for the calculation of nutritional adequacy was used the averages of weekly comsumption. In the results found, it was observed the non adequacy of caloric amount and macronutrients , being all percentages below that recommended. In relation to the variety of the menu, the suply of all food groups was observed, how meat, fruits, milk, vegetables and legumes.