Abstract

PEREZ-GIL, Sara Elena; PAZ, Claudia  and  ROMERO, Gabriela. Body, image and nutritious knowledge in Oaxaca, Mexico, infants: a first approximation. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.2, pp.847-868. ISSN 1692-715X.

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

Keywords : Perception; body image; popular knowledge; food.

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