Building a food model for Latin America
the entry of nutrition into the international health agenda (1921-1949)
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2596-3147.v1i1p68-81Keywords:
Nutrition, International health, The League of Nations Health, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, The Institute of Nutrition of Central America of PanamaAbstract
The context of reframing the social concerns of the interwar period was marked by the creation of international institutions to “rationalize” scientific knowledge about food. Under the justification that only economic growth would help and incorporate people into the global economic community, the first food assistance policies coordinated by national states and new international institutions such as the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, The Health Organization of the League of Nations and The Institute of Nutrition of Central America of Panama. In this article we will analyze the links in the science of nutrition under construction in these policies for Latin America in interaction with the scientific traditions about food, mainly of the United States and Canada, observing these measures based on a series of actions in the field of international health.
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