Health, aesthetics, and efficiency: relationships between women’s eating practices and their bodies

Abstract Research on food and body in the consumer society presents an increasing interest from academics in various fields. The aim of this paper is to understand the relationships between women’s food consumption practices and their bodies. The authors use the perspective of the Theory of Practice to access the components of food consumption practices. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty female informants, residents of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, who said that their bodies were central in food consumption practices. These practices are regulated by rules that take into account the distinction between nourishment, needed for surviving, and eating, a pleasure action, and women’s strategies in combining short-term (pleasure) and long-term (body) goals. Food consumption involves commitments to health, associated with clinical aspects of food and body maintenance; aesthetics, which present the food as a way of molding the body within patterns of beauty; and efficiency, which orient eating towards the professional performance of the woman’s body.

摘要：消费社会语境下，食物与身体的相关研究正愈发受到各领域学者的关注。本研究旨在探析女性食物消费实践与自身身体之间的内在关联。研究者采用实践理论（Theory of Practice）视角，解析食物消费实践的构成要素。研究面向里约热内卢大都会区的20名女性受访者开展深度访谈，受访对象均表示，自身身体在其食物消费实践中占据核心地位。此类实践受多重规则约束：这些规则明确区分了维系生存所需的“滋养”与作为愉悦行为的“进食”，同时涵盖了女性兼顾短期（愉悦）与长期（身体）目标的行动策略。食物消费实践包含三大维度：其一为健康承诺，关联食物与身体养护的临床相关层面；其二为审美维度，将食物作为依据审美范式塑造身体的手段；其三为效能维度，将进食导向女性身体的职业表现需求。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集包含一项关于女性饮食习惯与身体关系的研究，通过对20位巴西里约热内卢女性的深度访谈，从实践理论角度分析饮食消费行为，揭示了健康、美学和效率三个核心维度对女性饮食选择的影响。