Práticas alimentares de gestantes e menores de cinco anos: uma análise a partir do Posto Administrativo de Nhamatanda

Abstract

The study analyzes meanings that shape the feeding practices of pregnant women and children under the age of five at the Nhamatanda Administrative Post, Sofala Province. A qualitative survey was carried out for which mothers of children under the age of five, pregnant women, health professionals and local leaders were interviewed. In Nhamatanda family food is regulated by a set of rules that differentiates food for pregnant women, children and other family members and restricts the foods that each group (not) should eat. These restrictions result from the combination of Christian-inspired religious meanings, present in the region, with ancestral meanings that regulate people's eating practices. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)