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    Obesity as a heterogeneous phenomenon: eating practices of mothers living in distinct social vulnerable contexts in the city of Santos
    (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2016-09-23) Sato, Priscila de Morais [UNIFESP]; Scagliusi, Fernanda Baeza [UNIFESP]; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1149729469091651; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    The present study aimed to investigate eating practices of socially vulnerable overweight and obese mothers, exploring the relationships between eating practices, habitus, money constraints, body, and gender. It presented a qualitative design, with in-depth interviews to 21 women living in three different vulnerable urban settings ? ?palafitas?, ?cortiços? and ?morro? ? in Santos, Brazil, as the main data source and participant observation and life story narrative as complementary methods. Three scientific articles and one book chapter present the results and discussion of each investigated theme as well as the data analysis that led to the respective results. Inductive and deductive content analyzes were performed. Five groups of eating practices were observed; socioeconomic conditions during childhood and liking to cook were the main characteristics related to the differences among them. Strategies to feed the families with limited financial resources included price research, credit to buy foods, optimizing the food available, not wasting, and making substitutions. The participants were the main responsible for feeding the family, highlighting the influence of a gendered habitus in their eating practices. Gender roles also affected the participants? body image; however, many of them valued concrete, functional aspects of the body, rather than an aesthetic image. So far, this study?s findings underscore the necessity for culturally appropriate interventions focusing on overweight and obese, low-income, female populations.
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    Strategies used by overweight and obese low-income mothers to feed their families in urban Brazil
    (Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, 2017) Sato, Priscila de Morais [UNIFESP]; Unsain, Ramiro Fernandes [UNIFESP]; Gittelsohn, Joel; Silva, João Gabriel Sanchez Tavares da [UNIFESP]; Perez, Isabel Cristina Gonçalves; Scagliusi, Fernanda Baeza; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    Objective: To describe and compare strategies adopted by overweight and obese low-income mothers living in different vulnerable contexts to deal with food constraints and feed their families. Design: Qualitative in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed with exploratory content analysis and the number of segments per theme was used to compare neighborhoods. Setting: Three low-income neighborhoods in Santos, Brazil. Participants: A purposive sample of 21 overweight or obese mothers. Results: We identified three main types of strategies, namely, food acquisition, cooking, and eating. Food acquisition included social support and food-sourcing strategies. Social support strategies ranged from macro (governmental programs) to micro (family) levels. Food-sourcing strategies involved price research and use of credit to buy foods. Cooking approaches included optimizing food (e.g., adding water to beans), avoiding wastefulness, and substitutions (e.g., using water instead of milk when making cakes). Eating themes ranged from lack of quantity to lack of quality. Strategies to deal with the lack of food were affected by family dynamics, such as prioritizing provision of fruits to children. Food choices (e.g., low consumption of fruits and high consumption of fatty meats) derived from strategies may help promote overweight and obesity. Furthermore, for participants, financial constraints were perceived as barriers to following nutritionists' recommendations and weight loss. Conclusions: This study highlights the barriers that low-income women face in adopting a healthy diet and sheds light on the importance of the symbolic value of food, even in the context of food insecurity. Finally, it suggests that environmental aspects could increase the accessibility to fruits and vegetables. These findings could be used to inform the planning and implementation of interventions. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.