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PEREZ-GIL, Sara Elena; PAZ, Claudia  y  ROMERO, Gabriela. Body, image and nutritious knowledge in Oaxaca, Mexico, infants: a first approximation. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.2, pp.847-868. ISSN 1692-715X.

This paper is related to the anthropology of food and nutrition. Objective: identify how children who live in semi-rural zone perceive their bodies and the differences between sexes. We selected boys and girls, between 8 and 12 years, nutritional diagnosis was made with BMI and a questionnaire. Results: there is a preoccupation for his body and a desire to have a thinner body especially among girls, we detected a considerable underestimation of BMI among infants; boys associated a healthy image with age and physical activity. About food, fat and sugars are harmful to health, unlike fruits and vegetables. We insist in the necessity to continue such studies.

Palabras clave : Perception; body image; popular knowledge; food.

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