Pictorial instrument to guide the classification of foods in the dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population
Keywords:
Food and nutrition education, Food guide, Nutritional counselingAbstract
This communication describes an instrument for food and nutrition education of food categories based on the new classification according to type of commercial processing, used by the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population published by the Ministry of Health. The instrument uses, in a practical and schematic manner, the visual resources of food “circles”, colors and images. This scheme aims to guide the most appropriate and healthy proportions, as follows: the largest circle contains the foods that should be consumed in the greatest amounts, and so on, until the smallest circle. The front of the circles presents images of foods of each food
category, and the back contains a brief explanation about what the foods are and the recommended intake for each category. The instrument aims to mediate and facilitate the guidance of this classification by using a pictorial resource, helping individuals to make food choices autonomously. It is not only aimed at the population, but also at health professionals and educators who seek to promote the population’s health. The instrument may be used as a visual aid in individual nutrition care and in groups of food and nutrition education.
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