Peasant family: food unites and feeds

Abstract

Introduction: Nutrition is a sociocultural process of international relevance with little research development from a cultural perspective. Objective: To interpret the perceptions related to nutrition in peasant families of a municipality in the rural area of the department of Caldas (Colombia). Methodology: Interpretive ethnography, with purposive sampling. seven peasant families participated through participant observation and ethnographic interview. Spiral analysis was performed with the support of Atlas ti software. Results: The category “With food we take care of ourselves, we nourish ourselves, we unite” emerged, supported by three subcategories. Conclusions: Food consumption has several implicit and heterogeneous meanings, specifically nutritional intake, illness and as a demonstration of affection.