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      Los enfoques culturales en la alimentación de personas mayores rurales. Una necesidad multidimensional para la agenda del cuidado Translated title: Cultural approaches of feeding in elderly rural people. First-rate issues and evidences

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          Resumen Objetivo: Revisar la bibliografía existente en Ciencias de la salud sobre percepciones, representaciones y prácticas en torno al universo de la alimentación entre población anciana rural. Metodología: Hemos revisado las publicaciones disponibles en 6 bases de datos tanto generalistas como especializadas. Resultados: Se seleccionaron un total de 14 artículos que se ajustaban a los criterios de inclusión. En ellos se repetían categorías tales como la génesis de la elección, la importancia del género, las barreras a la alimentación saludable o el universo simbólico de la comida. Conclusión: Pese al evidente carácter sociocultural que constituyen los procesos alimentarios, la literatura biomédica que aborda estas cuestiones es escasa. Los artículos incluidos en este trabajo, realizados desde enfoques cualitativos, muestran, por ejemplo, la importancia de la emotividad en la elección o de las limitaciones asociadas a cuestiones materiales y estructurales.

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          Abstract Objective: To review the existing bibliography in Health Sciences on perceptions, representations and practices around the universe of food among rural elderly population. Methodology: We have reviewed the publications available in 6 generalist and specialized databases. Results: A total of 14 articles were selected that met the inclusion criteria. They repeated categories such as the genesis of choice, the importance of gender, barriers to healthy eating or the symbolic universe of food. Conclusion: Despite the obvious socio-cultural character of food processes, the reis little biomedical literature addres sing these issues. The articles included in this work, carried out from qualitative approaches, show, for example, the importance of emotion in the choice or the limitations associated with material and structural issues.

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                Fundación Index (Granada, Granada, Spain )
                1132-1296
                1699-5988
                September 2019
                : 28
                : 3
                : 125-129
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                [4] orgnameUniversidade de Évora orgdiv1Escola Superior de Enfermagem São João de Deus Portugal
                [1] Extremadura orgnameUniversidad de Extremadura orgdiv1Escuela Politécnica Spain
                [2] Extremadura orgnameUniversidad de Extremadura orgdiv1Facultad de Enfermería y Terapia Ocupacional Spain
                [3] Extremadura orgnameUniversidad de Extremadura orgdiv1Facultad de Formación del Profesorado Spain
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                : 19 November 2018
                : 07 July 2019
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                Antropología,Ideologías,Cuidado,Alimentación,Envejecimiento,Anthropology,Ideologies,Care,Nutrition,Aging

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