Objective:

To identify perceptions of strategies to improve the feeding of basic education students during Covid-19.

Methodology:

A qualitative study in which 45 teachers from public and private schools participated, a semistructured interview was applied through Microsoft Forms (Office 365, Microsoft).

Results:

According to the perception of the teachers’ parents do not promote a healthy diet in their children, for lack of knowledge, both parents work or indifference, 20.0% of teachers mentioned that one of the strategies to improve school feeding was the training offered by the Secretary of Public Education (SPE), however, 78.0% believe that the nutritionist should teach these topics for their academic training.

Limitations:

It is a representative sample of public and private schools; it does not delve into the food consumption of students during school hours.

Conclusions:

Teachers' perception was that nutritionists are best able to establish strategies and programs of nutritional education with follow-up to improve the school feeding, because parents do not encourage it.