A família e o direito humano à alimentação adequada e saudávelabstract
This article aims to contribute to the reflection on the importance, implications and difficulties of working with the family as a central element to attain the Human Right of adequate food. The survey was conducted with focus group interviews and was attended by professionals from different areas, such as dietitians, physicians and sociologists, with different professional backgrounds in public, academic or third sector management. The reports extracted from the debates highlight information on the extreme relevance of the family, regardless of its format, to the preservation and transmission of eating culture, practices and habits. Therefore, the family must take on a prominent role in public food security policies. Given the social inequalities in Brazil, the need to pay special and comprehensive attention to lower income families was emphasized, as well as the complexity of the problems that affect this stratum of the population. This text presents the focus group’s perception of various strategies and initiatives to be adopted to promote the universal right of adequate food, such as active search, relational approach, differentiated nutritional education for caregivers and health professionals, massive information for consumers and regulation of advertising and food market.
keywords: Food environment; Role of family; Nutritional education; Food advertising; Public policy