Hábitos alimentares e comportamento alimentar: do que estamos falando?

Abstract

At first, it is recorded that in the field of food and nutrition, eating habits" mostly relates to what one eats regularly. As an empirical category, devoid of concepting or questioning epistemological issues, it is used as common knowledge phrase in the academia, naturalized and studied through the characteristic methods of Simple Thought, as found in Edgar Morin s reflections, and for which there are no substantial questioning concerning its meanings in cultural, social and psychical context. It must be emphasized the significant amount of effort to be considered when one seeks approaching reflections on habit over time and in different knowledge fields. The complexity of the phenomena, as conceived by Morin, emphasizes the need to (re) connections among fields of science and his own spillovers to other areas of life among society. Among the many possibilities yet to be explored in the various scientific fields, it is indicated to follow on with Pierre Bourdieu through the concept of habitus as has been suggested by some authors and is being done also by others as one of the paths that can enrich analyzes. It is considered that when operating with concepts that allow taking into account the complexity that embodies the eating habits approach, the field of Food and Nutrition itself can keep on more energized and more autonomy in its scientific read. In the second phase, also observed that in the field of Food and Nutrition "eating behaviors" are predominantly perceived as controllable events and repetition changes "eating habits". The purpose is to understand the influence of this reductionist approach, highlighting some discussions about eating behaviors in light of Humanities, in order to distinguish it from eating habits. To discuss the simplified way this issue is addressed, it was sought elements on the paradigm of the complexity of Morin to understand the relationship between eating behaviors and eating habits, taking into account other strands of understanding coming from other fields of knowledge that are not reduced to simplistic logic of the traditional positivist science. From the perspective of complex thought, behavior moves from conditional action to an extension that comprises socio-cultural, subjective and individual, either conscious or unconscious dimensions, while the habit is something that makes sense in repetition for the individual. When the difference (in Deleuze s perspective) stands out in this repetition it could integrate change to existence of the subject