Silva, Michelle Cristine Medeiros daMelo, Mariana MaiaEvangelista, Karine Cavalcanti Maurício de SenaSilva, Fernanda Rafaella de Melo2025-01-072025-01-072016MELO, Mariana Maia et al. Pensadores da alimentação: trabalhadores debatem suas dificuldades para incorporar práticas alimentares saudáveis. Demetra: alimentação, nutrição & saúde, v. 11, n. 1, p. 135-158, 2016.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/61043Chronic non-communicable diseases have been the cause of more than half of deaths in the world, and, among many other diseases, obesity. One of the factors for the increase in obesity is unhealthy eating habits, and this study aimed to present an educational diagnosis of the difficulties found by workers at Pediatric Hospital of Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte to incorporate healthy eating habits in their daily lives. Feeding involves cultural, social, emotional and sensory aspects, making people feed seeking not only nutrients but also the significance of the chosen food. Thus, a food and nutrition education intervention should include these aspects and be preceded by educational diagnosis, to surround the question of intrinsic human subjectivity to eat. To trace this educational diagnosis, focus group sessions were addressed, with 14 research subjects, to obtain data on the basis of discussion focused on a specific theme. The results can be to list five categories of problems: “no time”, “entrenched eating habits,” “lack of access to healthy lifestyles”, “tasty is unhealthy” and “diet is sacrifice.” Therefore, nutritional food education strategies must take place focused on self-care, and adequate food as an expression of citizenship. Furthermore, it is suggested that healthy eating practices are encouraged and promoted in the workplaceAttribution 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/ObesidadeEducação alimentar e nutricionalPráticas alimentaresPromoção da alimentação saudávelarticlehttps://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2016.15976