Este artigo descreve a relação de mães enlutadas com a alimentação, com base na fenomenologia existencial, considerando que o espaço familiar alimentar, protagonizado pela matriarca, pode ser perturbado com a perda de um filho. Foram realizadas entrevistas com quinze mães frequentadoras de Organizações Não Governamentais de apoio ao luto, com idade entre 40 e 61 anos. Da análise emergiram quatro eixos temáticos que indicam como a mãe enlutada se comporta no contexto da alimentação: a ausência de fome e do prazer em se alimentar; o ato de compartilhar refeições versus o luto materno; o confronto com a “cadeira vazia”; reações e sentimentos diante da culinária que simboliza a memória do filho. A influência que o luto exerce na relação das mães com a alimentação foi evidenciada de diversas maneiras, seja na ausência de fome, na alteração do peso e na falta do(a) filho(a) nas interações sociais durante as refeições compartilhadas, representando os desafios da mãe perante uma “mesa que encolheu”, exigindo das mesmas novas significações frente à alimentação. Compreende-se que a relação da enlutada com a alimentação é permeada de conflitos que a expõe a risco de desvios nutricionais e demanda apoio com profissionais sensíveis e esclarecidos sobre essa condição.
This paper describes the relationship of bereaved mothers with food, based on the existential phenomenology considering that the family food space, led by the matriarch, can be disturbed due to the loss of a child. Interviews were conducted with fifteen women attending non-governmental grief support groups, aged between 40 and 61 years old. Based on the analysis of the interviews, four thematic categories emerged pointing out how mothers in grief behaves: absence of hunger and pleasure in feeding; the action of sharing meals versus maternal mourning; the confrontation with the “empty chair”; and reactions due to the culinary that symbolizes the memory of the child. The influence of grief on the relationship between mothers and food was verified in several ways, either in the lack of hunger, the body weight change or in the absence of the child in the social interactions during shared meals, which represent the challenges of the mother facing the “table that has shrunk”, requiringthe mothers new meanings for feeding. It is understood that the relationship of the bereaved mother with food is surrounded by conflicts that expose the mother to nutritional risks and demand supportprofessionals who are both sensitive and well informed about this condition.
This paper describes the relationship of bereaved mothers with food, based on the existential phenomenology considering that the family food space, led by the matriarch, can be disturbed due to the loss of a child. Interviews were conducted with fifteen women attending non-governmental grief support groups, aged between 40 and 61 years old. Based on the analysis of the interviews, four thematic categories emerged pointing out how mothers in grief behaves: absence of hunger and pleasure in feeding; the action of sharing meals versus maternal mourning; the confrontation with the “empty chair”; and reactions due to the culinary that symbolizes the memory of the child. The influence of grief on the relationship between mothers and food was verified in several ways, either in the lack of hunger, the body weight change or in the absence of the child in the social interactions during shared meals, which represent the challenges of the mother facing the “table that has shrunk”, requiringthe mothers new meanings for feeding. It is understood that the relationship of the bereaved mother with food is surrounded by conflicts that expose the mother to nutritional risks and demand supportprofessionals who are both sensitive and well informed about this condition.
Campos, M. T. F. S., Peluzio, M.C.G, Melo, M.S.S, Simonini, E, Coelho, F.M.G, Araújo, R.M.A. “A mesa que encolheu”: A perspectiva alimentar das mães que perderam filhos.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/jul). [Citado em 22/12/2024].
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