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Table 2 Nutrition education key messages organized by global themes, obtained through systematic observation of groups. São Paulo, Brazil, and Bogotá, Colombia, 2012

From: Promoting healthy eating in primary health care from the perspective of health professionals: a qualitative comparative study in the context of South America

Global themes

Messages

São Paulo (n = 28)

Bogotá (n = 13)

Feeding habits

• Eat fruits, especially apples, once a day if possible

• Include the consumption of whole grains in your habits

• Eat fiber and drink a lot of water

• Reduce the amount of oil and sugar in recipes

• Come to the group to exchange recipes

• Hibiscus tea can bring health benefits

• Read food labels

• Watch for food hygiene at home

• Be aware of the size of portions in the food pyramid

• Eat slowly at mealtimes

• Clarify questions to improve feeding

• The street market can relate to the food groups

• Know the properties of fruits and vegetables

• Vary the preparations of fruits, vegetables, and legumes and share what you know

• Avoid falling ill with appropriate food handling practices at home

• You know more than me about food, but learn more

• Identify problems and solve them with what is available to you

• Get to know the food groups on the “train” to improve your eating habits

Life cycle

• Watch your weight gain during pregnancy

• Weigh children

• Encourage chewing through to the consistency of porridge

• Avoid products with cow’s milk before their first birthday

• Look for healthy food options at lunch at school

• Try new ways of practical preparations for babies, they are easy and inexpensive

• Identify the characteristics of feeding in different age groups

• Learn about overweight and obesity in the elderly and avoid these conditions with a healthy diet and physical activity

Disease

• Eat every 3 h and reduce the amount of food at lunch and dinner

• Confront your problem

• Use sucralose

• Incorporate weekly tasks through nutritional re-education

• The priority now is health, find time to do physical activities

• Maintain the goal; there is support here

 

“Being a multiplier”

 

• Reinforce your knowledge of food and nutrition; it is essential to advise mothers

• Include what is learned in their daily lives and replicate it in the nursery community

• Learn about the right to food to work with in the nursery community