This article presents the construction of a methodology to train preschool and first- to fourth- grade teachers in food and nutrition. The methodology was developed in four schools with different socioeconomic profiles in the Federal District, Brazil, of which all of the 59 teachers were invited. The methodology was constructed in four phases: demand, pre-analysis, focus/applicability and flexible planning and aims to provide permanent nutrition education in a constructivistic way. Of the 59 educators, 81% (n=48) participated in the demand phase, where difficulties and expectations were identified and the main subjects for the course were determined. The generating subjects verified in the pre-analysis phase were: healthy eating; healthy meal options; strategies to promote healthy eating habits in the community; current context of nutrition; legal aspects of food and nutrition at school and letting nothing go to waste. The focus of planning was "Healthy eating in the school environment". A 60-hour course would then be given at the University of Brasília and at the participating schools. The flexible planning phase established the general and specific goals of the course, the skills to be acquired by the teachers during the course and the course program with the respective class plans. This methodology proposes a way to provide nutrition education to this public and therefore contribute to change the current epidemiological data of the students.
Eating at school; Training; Food and nutrition education
