In the health sector, the Popular Education has historically unveiled relevant theoretical and methodological perspectives in the search for new horizons for education of professionals, among which also include nutritionists. Pathways have been designed for a work in social nutrition committed to the concepts of Health Promotion and Food Safety and Nutrition, which add critical dimensions to the Social Nutrition, translated by its perception as committed to the role of nutrition science in popular communities and the nutritionist intervention in these spaces. Aiming to contribute to the improvement of the theoretical bases involved in this process, this essay aims to systematize the current challenges, possibilities and shortcomings of the encounter between Popular Education and Social Nutrition, with emphasis on their accomplishments in the scenarios of Family Health, and movements in around the Human Right to Adequate Food and Healthy in Brazil.
Health Education; Nutrition Programs and Policies; Nutrition; Public Health; Food and Nutrition Education