Estudio de prácticas y contextos alimentarios de adolescentes de secundaria en Argentina, a partir del uso de redes sociales

Abstract

In this research we set out to prepare an inventory of eating practices and contexts of adolescents from Rio Negro. For this we use social networks, for the production of commented images by the students. Thus, we try to characterize not only the intakes, but also the contexts in which they were carried out (what, where, with whom, when, etc.) and the significance attributed by adolescents to these practices. In this article we present the theoretical framework of reference, strategic aspects of the implemented methodological innovation and a set of results regarding the profiles and food landscapes constructed from the data, their analysis and categorization based on the biological/health and socio/cultural. The produced productions allow a positive evaluation of the methodological device from which, as an example, the “lunch” food landscape was characterized for the entire sample and differences between two individual food profiles were compared and identified. We rescued the notions of landscape and food profile, as revealing of cultural identity, which allowed us to describe the eating practices and contexts of the subjects in the sample and the strong network between the biological / health and the socio/cultural dimensions, but also to conjecture about their correlate in the family and community. We consider that the models that we were able to characterize are an essentialinput for the development of future teaching units that allow the students in the sample to build knowledge for making informed decisions in their daily lives. We highlight and value the participation of adolescents as reflective and active subjects of this research.