PROGRAMA DE AQUISIÇÃO DE ALIMENTOS: PROMOÇÃO DA SEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR E NUTRICIONAL E HÁBITOS ALIMENTARES SAUDÁVEIS A VULNERÁVEIS

This article will present the case study carried out in the municipality of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, about the Food Acquisition Program (FAP) and will present the panorama of how the institutions benefited from the change in the food habits of its public. This qualitative and quantitative exploratory work followed the execution of the FAP in the municipality of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in the period of 2015 and 2016, verifying the improvements provided to the institutions benefited by the program. The FAP made it possible for charitable institutions to have regular access to hortifrúti foods, making possible the preparation of a weekly menu, introducing previously unconsumed foods, providing a healthier and richer diet for the institution's users, greater variety and nutritional quality of foods and possibility of confection of varied menus, thus promoting a change in the nutritional status of the vulnerable group attended by the institutions. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos; Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional; Hábitos Alimentares.