Diálogos entre educação alimentar e nutricional e gastronomia: um enfoque na formação em gastronomia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará

Abstract

This work explore the relation between Gastronomy and Food and Nutrition Education (FNE), looking for some matching points between then, like: the potential for culinary skills as an FNE practice; the formative aspects in FNE, that the Gastronomy of Federal University of Ceará (UFC) promotes; the possibilities of the Graduated in Gastronomy has on FNE study fields. Therfore, bibliography, documentary and exploratory researches approches have been used. The main documents consulted are: Reference Framework for Food and Nutritional Education; Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population; and the Intersectorial Strategy for Obesity Prevention and Control. For the exploratory research, surveys with students and teachers from Gastronomy UFC, and also interviews with the teachers. It was perceived that, the dialogues between Food Sovereignty and FNE with Gastronomy are possible from the disruption with neutrality, using the sensoriality as a tool for FNE and through culinary skills. However, from the perspective of the students and teachers, the gastronomy graduation needs to deepen in these themes in the curriculum during the formal courses, and as well trough extension projects that presented positive experiences connecting Gastronomy with Food Sovereignty and FNE. It is in this sense that through the conceptions of the students and teachers the deepening of theses themes in the Gastronomy Course has shown to be promising. As well as, the performance of the bachelors in gastronomy, in different sectors and spaces, can be fruitful from these joints.