Sentidos da alimentação e da saúde: contribuições para a análise do Programa de Alimentação do Trabalhador

• Autor(a) principal: Stolte, Desire
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Hennington, Élida Azevedo, Bernardes, Jefferson de Souza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/2865
• topic: Programas e Políticas de Nutrição e Alimentação; Saúde Ocupacional; Alimentação

This study aimed to analyze how the Workers' Nutrition Program (WNP) is being implemented in a leather shoe factory in the Vale dos Sinos region of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used. Demographic, socioeconomic, and anthropometric data were used for descriptive purposes. Discursive data pertaining to the meaning of food and health in the context of the WNP were obtained through focus groups. It is argued that workers in this industry have considerable knowledge about the relationship between food and health. However, the WNP itself is less familiar and fails in its objective of health promotion. The article recommends that nutritionists implement educational practices in the workplace. With regard to public policy in nutrition, a more critical approach should be included in the debate, to contemplate the regionalization and decentralization of workers' health policies, allowing the inclusion of inter-sector, interdisciplinary, and multi-professional perspectives rather than focusing only on specific nutritional issues.