This study had the objective of evaluation a nutrition education proposal for preschoolers from a nursery school. This proposal was formulated from a dietary survey - carried out in July,1994 - that showed low intake of calories, calcium and iron by the children enrolled on the Effatá Nursery School, located in the suburb Rio de Janeiro municipality. This intervention endured one year and its strategy is described in this work. Two methods were used to evaluate the proposal: a qualifying one and a quantifying one. The qualifying method employed was the participant research, with the analysis of the participation of three categories: the nursery school employees, the persons responsible for the children. The dietary inquiry with direct weighing of food was chosen for the quantifying analysism comparing its results with the recomendations of Food Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization. Althoug the statistic survey has not shown significant nutrient intake increase, from the point of view of education the amount consumed is a secondary question when formation of attitudes is the object of the work.
nurseries; nutrition education; nutrition surveys; nutrition intervention; preschool; child; nutritionist
