The text presents a reflection on the importance of incorporating food and nutrition themes transversally in the school curricula, related to the child´s quotidian and guaranteeing the school-family integration. The importance of selecting age-appropriate strategies is emphasized and traditional fairy tales are suggested as a tool for the development of contents and activities that go beyond nutritional issues and include cultural, environmental and sensorial aspects as well.
Food and nutrition education; Nutrition; Juvenile literature; Reading
