Abstract

Objective To investigate how the academy collaborates in what is believed to be a process the constructionof the concept of nutritional rationality as the foundation of food practicesdirected to the priority fulfillment of nutritional presup positions Method Qualitative research withthe application of semi structured interview and content analysis of these interviews conducted with professors of Post graduate Programs in Nutrition interviewed during the field research concerning the author s doctor althesis developed in the Programa de P s Gradua o em Alimenta o Nutri o e Sa de of the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ