[Arquivos Brasileiros de Nutrição: a review of scientific research on nutrition in Brazil from 1944 to 1968].
This study reviews 209 original articles published in the journal Arquivos Brasileiros de Nutrição (1944/1968), a periodical edited by Josué de Castro, physician, specialist in nutrition, and founder-director of the Institute of Nutrition at the University of Brazil (now the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro). Our methodology was based on quantitative and qualitative analyses, aimed at summarizing both the topic itself and the authors' backgrounds. Results showed that 134 of the articles (64%) adopted a biological perspective to nutrition, mostly focusing on laboratory research concerning the chemical composition and nutritional value of Brazilian foodstuffs. On the other hand, 75 articles (36%) took a social perspective, testifying to the first efforts by Brazilian nutritional experts to create and improve specific methodological tools for investigating our population's nutritional conditions, thereby helping to consolidate the field of nutrition in the country.
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Departamento de Nutrição, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário Trindade, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brasil.
D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012106:Research / Q000266:history*; D012693:Serial Publications / Q000266:history*
Os Arquivos Brasileiros de Nutrição: uma revisão sobre a produção científica em nutrição no Brasil (1944 a 1968).