Eating practices in Brazilian households

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593772329095

• Palavras-chave: Gastronomy; To cook; Television.

• Keywords: Gastronomy; To cook; Television.

• Abstract:

  The act of cooking can be the most decisive decision to benefit a family's health and well-being. Currently, it is difficult to have just one person in charge of taking care of a household's food, from shopping to preparing meals. The objective of this work is to verify how food is in households in the context of eating practices and the act of cooking. For the study, exploratory field research was carried out. A questionnaire was created using the online research platform Google Forms ® consisting of sixteen questions. The questionnaire was disseminated via social networks: WhatsApp ®, Facebook® and Instagram® and the results were analyzed in graphs and tables. The survey was answered by 426 people. Of this total, 91.8% are women, 39% are between 20 and 29 years old, 35.7% have postgraduate degrees, 30.5% live with three other people and 75.6% live in the state of São Paulo. Of those interviewed, 60.1% shop for food, 71.1% cook and 68.2% determine the home menu. Regarding culinary preparations, 71.8% use family recipes and 59.6% consult the internet. For 85.2% of participants, dinner is the meal where the family is together and 66.2% watch culinary programs and reality shows on television. In conclusion, the act of cooking, more than guaranteeing a meal, gives autonomy to make better food choices, brings people together, brings back family memories, provides satisfaction for those who are doing it and can even alleviate stress.