Food Consumption: Critical Theoretical Approach in the Economy, Health, and Environment Interface

The purpose of this research is to contribute to the discussion of food consumption using an innovative approach in the transdisciplinary interface of the economy, health, and the environment. To this end, food consumption is explained from a theoretical perspective, in the interpretive framework of...

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Autor: Izurieta Guevara, Mónica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Estudios de la Gestión
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/3078
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/eg/article/view/3078
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:consumo
alimentación
sustentabilidad
responsabilidad social empresarial
consumption
food
sustainability
corporate social responsibility
health
alimentação
sustentabilidade
responsabilidade social empresarial
saúde
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Sumario:The purpose of this research is to contribute to the discussion of food consumption using an innovative approach in the transdisciplinary interface of the economy, health, and the environment. To this end, food consumption is explained from a theoretical perspective, in the interpretive framework of the social determination of health. Thus, based on the current dynamics of the corporate food regime, we have identified critical food consumption processes related to the commercialization and harmfulness of diets, the occupation of space for distribution, food advertising, and corporate lobbying towards the state. Therelationships of these processes with the health and illness of the bodies and the expressions in the environment are hereby explained. This provides a comprehensive view of food consumption that surpasses the claims of consumer sovereignty and the reductionist approach of nutrition and dietetic sciences; both fields limited until this date to an abstraction of the reality of food at an individual level.