Cuerpo, imagen y saberes alimentarios en infantes oaxaqueños, México: un primer acercamiento

• Main Authors: Gabriela Romero, Claudia Paz, Sara Elena Pérez-Gil
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Manizales 2011-10-01
• Series: Revista Latinoamericana en Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud
• Subjects: Perception; body image; popular knowledge; food
• Online Access: http://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co/index.php/Revista-Latinoamericana/article/view/477/269

This paper is related to the anthropology of food and nutrition. Objective: identify how children wholive in semi-rural zone perceive their bodies and the differences between sexes. We selected boys and girls, between 8 and 12years, nutritional diagnosis was made with BMI and a questionnaire. Results: there is a preoccupation for his body and adesire to have a thinner body especially among girls, we detected a considerable underestimation of BMI among infants; boysassociated a healthy image with age and physical activity. About food, fat and sugars are harmful to health, unlike fruitsand vegetables. We insist in the necessity to continue such studies.