“STAPLE FOOD” AND “CHILDREN’S FOOD”: FOOD CONSUMPTION BY BOLSA FAMILIA PROGRAM MEMBERS IN CURITIBA-PR, BRAZIL
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2016.16090Keywords:
Poverty, Income transfer programs, Qualitative Analysis, Food Consumption, Feeding Behavior.Abstract
The Bolsa Familia Program covers approximately 50 million people in Brazil, and is recognized as the world’s largest income transfer program. Recent researches pointed out that new food products and eating habits have been introduced by the increased income, which leads to ambiguous outcomes in terms of food security. Thus, this research aimed to investigate subjective perceptions and bring meaning cores out of the discourses related to food consumption by Program members at a Sanitary District in the city of Curitiba, state of Parana, Brazil. This population was selected by the proportional random stratified sampling method, based on the universe of members of the Program living in this District. After visiting 92 homes, where the families’ statements were collected, the quantitative data were tabulated and descriptive statistics were calculated. Discourse subjectivities were brought together in the form of meaning cores and discussed according to empirical and theoretical findings. The qualitative and quantitative results revealed an increased consumption of ultra-processed foods justified by "children’s" food compensation and linked to opposition to "staple", concurrently with the fragmented perception of "unhealthy" food and positive evaluations about the entry into the world of consumption of certain products under the perspective of the Program’s recipients investigated.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2016.16090
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