A temática da alimentação nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental: uma revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

Healthy eating habits are crucial for maintaining the health and balance of body and mind. Given its relationship with biological, social, political, and economic aspects, food can be a topic capable of promoting a broad understanding of the surrounding environment. Therefore, it is important to analyze how this theme has been addressed in the school context. Thus, the general objective of this work was to evaluate the productions that address the theme of eating in Science education for the early years of elementary school, in order to understand how this theme has been discussed by the Brazilian research community. To achieve this objective, publications in journals in the field of Science Education research were collected. The research returned a total of 11 articles, in the period between 2012 and 2025. The results show that there are still few studies on the subject in the early years of Elementary School. Various approaches were observed, with a strong nutritional presence and use to contextualize or address their relationship with curricular content. In general, the possibilities that value the connection of these approaches with the context and reality of the students are emphasized. From this perspective, it is understood that much more can be thought about, planned, and built in science education by exploring eating as a theme for the scientific literacy process in the early years of schooling.