title: [Starvation, eugenics and the development of nutrition in Pernambuco according to Gilberto Freire's, Josué de Castro's and Nelson Chaves' analyses].
abstract: The purpose of this article is to examine the contribution of the studies Gilberto Freyre, Josúe de Castro and Nelson Chaves produced for the development of the Pernambuco nutrition field, from 1930 to 1940. The article attempts to demonstrate that both subjects--starvation and eugenics--are the central categories that express tension and communion in these three authors' approaches to this field of knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Nutrição, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil. fguedes@floripa.com.br
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Guedes de Vasconcelos
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005053:Eugenics / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D013217:Starvation / Q000266:history*