A alimentação do trabalhador em 1944 : uma análise qualitativa do boletim mensal do Serviço de Alimentação da Previdência Social- SAPS

Abstract

On August 5, 1940, through Decree-Law No. 2,478, the Social Security Food Service (SAPS) was created during the government of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945), subordinate to the Ministry of Labor, Industry and Commerce (1930). Inserted in the context of the labor policies of the Estado Novo (1937-1945), a period marked by important social and institutional transformations in Brazil, the SAPS aimed to improve the nutrition of Brazilian workers, understood as an important factor in increasing productivity and social well-being. In this scenario, the work of the intellectual Josué de Castro (1908-1973) stands out, fundamental in studies on hunger and food in the 20th century, whose research highlighted food insecurity as a social and political problem. Taking these issues as a guide for this work, we seek to analyze the Revista Boletim Mensal do Serviços de Alimentação da Previdência, year 1, numbers 1 and 2, published in 1944, focusing on content related to food. Thus, after the qualitative analysis of historical sources, which aimed to be a means for the municipality to communicate with workers and carry out food “education” and resulting in the identification of inadequate eating habits, the educational strategies promoted by the SAPS were demonstrated, aiming to develop its social policy role in combating hunger and promoting food education aimed at workers and their families.