A importância da alimentação na aprendizagem

Abstract

The quest for quality education has become a constant among education professionals. There are several factors that could affect the educational performance of children and teenagers, among them there is the malnutrition of the brain that experts say may not favor the cognitive performance of children and adolescents. The purpose of this study was to identify the eating habits of students in State College Manoel Ribas in Telêmaco Borba – Paraná state, analyzing the excessive consumption of fat, lack the intake of vitamin and low protein intake in the majority of students who have poor academic performance. The actions executed in this work aimed to bring the school community, “information” that can assist in improving the performance of the students. After implementation it was found that the most important of all nutrients is the brain information, because all students surveyed have at their disposal a variety of foods, but they feed in a wrong way due to faulty eating habits. Through the information can be varied eating habits and devise strategies to address the nutritional deficiencies found and lead to improvements in learning.