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Salud colectiva

versão impressa ISSN 1669-2381versão On-line ISSN 1851-8265

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FREIDIN, Betina. Food and health risks: views on healthy food and food consumption practices among middle-class women and men in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. Salud colect. [online]. 2016, vol.12, n.4, pp.519-536. ISSN 1669-2381.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18294/sc.2016.913.

In this article we analyze notions about healthy food and the perceptions of risks related to industrialized foodstuffs within a group of young and middle-aged females and males who belong to the middle class and live in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. Data come from eight focus groups that were carried out in 2013. The study shows that the participants of the focus group have incorporated scientific-nutritional knowledge into their conceptions of healthy food. However, few discuss the risks of industrialized food beyond the growing public attention regarding trans fats and salt content. Although organic foods are positively valued, participants object to their high cost and the location of their commercialization. We show how in their food practices, the participants of the focus groups weigh their concern about health against other priorities such as costs, convenience, aesthetics, pleasure and sociability.

Palavras-chave : Industrialized Foods; Food, Organic; Perception; Risk; Social Class; Argentina.

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