EATING HABITS AND SOCIABILITY AT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ LUNCH TIME

Authors

  • Niara Ulhoa Curso de Nutrição da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
  • Ana Elisa Rinaldi Curso de Nutrição - Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
  • Monica Chaves Abdala Instituto de Ciências Sociais e dos Mestrados em Ciências Sociais e em História da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.16044

Keywords:

Lunch. Eating behavior. Sociability.

Abstract

Eating is far beyond satisfying bodily needs. It involves feelings,emotions, memories, desires that influence food choices and thecompanies to have a meal with, and may also determine a group,a place. This article has aimed to identify university students’eating habits and choices at lunch time and how they behavethen. A qualitative methodology was used by means of interviewsapplied at volunteers’ random participation at campus Umuaramaat Federal University of Uberlândia. The issues addressed in thestudy were about the daily number of meals, meals replacement byfast food (snacks), food preferences, and the relationship betweenfood choices and having meals alone or with somebody. Weconclude that there is no replacement at lunchtime and that thecompanies, environment, duration and food choices are factorsthat affect the respondents’ nutritional value of food, indicatingthe importance of cultural and social eating aspects.

DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2015.16044

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Published

2015-08-21

How to Cite

Ulhoa, N., Rinaldi, A. E., & Abdala, M. C. (2015). EATING HABITS AND SOCIABILITY AT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ LUNCH TIME. DEMETRA: Food, Nutrition & Health, 10(3), 539–554. https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.16044

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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2015): NÚMERO TEMÁTICO "DIÁLOGOS NO CAMPO DA ANTROPOLOGIA DA ALIMENTAÇÃO"

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THEMATIC ARTICLES

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