Food and health: transformations and meanings from the perspective of the Mayans in Yucatán, Mexico

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1594652404078

• Palavras-chave: Hábitos alimentarios, salud, enfermedad, identidad y cultura.

• Keywords: eating habits, health, illness, identity and culture.

• Abstract:

  The relationship between eating habits, health and illness has existed since the origins of society; However, due to the development of human beings, habits have changed. Nowadays, the increase in processed foods, rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles have changed eating habits. In this work, it is shown, through interviews, that local communities identify the transformations in the eating habits of their community and at the same time the biological role of traditional foods, as well as their sociocultural function, assign meanings or valuation to them. own, as a source of healthy nutrition, and, this way, achieve local food security; They make them part of their culture, which gives them identity, and also part of their gastronomic heritage, so each region manifests itself through its own cultural and gastronomic identity.