A constitucionalização da alimentação : um direito a ser implementado adequadamente no Brasil

Abstract

This study discusses the constitutionalisationof food in Brazil, through the enactment of constitutional amendment 64, in February 5, 2010, and aims to analyze the power insertion in article 6 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution in guaranteeing the right to proper nutrition and healthy. Given thiscontext, formulated, for this work, the following problem: how the insertion in article 6 of the Federal Constitution of feed is reverberating the right to adequate food of Brazilians? As the goal, exploratory study was conducted, guided by qualitative research and analysis that guides is based on dialectical method-critical enabling clarification of the social phenomenon, from analysis of the history of the subject and of the factors of society. So, the first step of the research corresponded to a literary research developed from a survey of Capes portal of dissertations and theses related to the topic, as well as for scientific articles, books and official documents of Federal Government websites of Brazil. The second leg was held at the 4th National Conference on food security held in Salvador-Bahia through interviews with technical representatives of the 54 State and 54 CONSEA s visitors of the event. The analysis took place in the perspective of the reading of the involvement, knowledge and information they had on food security and the actions of the CONSEA s; food safety policies and Nutricionale of the right to adequate food in Brazil. The results indicate that there is a need for information on how to be a proper nutrition and the meaning of the term food security. It was observed that society doesn't know public policies that deal with this subject, but that the Federal Constitution is known and recognized by all as Supreme Law of the country. In this context, the author of this research proposes to recast the insertion of the power supply in its article 6, for "proper nutrition" because as Legal framework should dictate that the power should be adequate, for being a supreme legal standard, has the power to edit important changes, in this case, significant changes in the nutritional profile of the population, which today is evidenced by serious health problems due to the increase of non-communicable chronic diseases.