Food and nutrition education actions to promote the health of the elderly in primary health care

Abstract

Objective: To describe the experiences of Food and Nutrition Education (ANE) activities, carried out with a group of elderly people in a Municipal Health Unit (UMS), in a city in the state of Pará. Experience report: The study was developed from the experience of academics of the Nutrition course of a public university of Pará in the Program of Education by Work for Health (PET-Saúde/GraduaSUS), who developed ANS actions with the elderly, of both sexes, attending a health education project in a UMS, in 2017. The seven activities covered the themes of nutrition, food and health, focusing on the demands of the target audience with the use of various teaching resources, such as posters, brochures and folders. Final considerations: The activities were transformative, because there was a construction of knowledge about the topics addressed, in an accessible way, encouraging self-care with health through the dialogue between professional and user of the public health system.