Eating habits In Brazil And The Globalization Effects On Such Habits

     Brazilian culture is, in many ways, related greatly to food. While most brazilian families still eat the traditional kinds of food, which were mostly inspired by our Portuguese colonizers, the native indians on the continent and the african slaves taken from their motherland, the worldwide fenomenon of Globalization is causing na interesting effect on brazilians, especially those who live in or near a big city. The said phenomenon has caused bad eating habits to increase, as Brazil's rising economy is a big invitation to international companies, some of those being fast-food chains. In fact, one of the most affected social class is the lower middle class brazilian society, as the economy is growing and people have better conditions to eat in the "fancy" international fast-food chains. Overweight population is getting bigger every day, and so is the number of people who have health conditions as a result of the careless fast-food eating. 
     Many projects are compromised to increasing the number of healthy-eating brazilians, as the overall health of the society is decreasing and natural products are harder to find than years back.     Many projects are compromised to increasing the number of healthy-eating brazilians, as the overall health of the society is decreasing and natural products are harder to find than years back.     Many projects are compromised to increasing the number of healthy-eating brazilians, as the overall health of the society is decreasing and natural products are harder to find than years back.

Brazilian food

Brazil is known by have strong influences in the culture from many places around the world and, perhaps, one of the biggest influences are the food, because of the period of colonization having indigenous, European and African influences.

One example is the feijoada that came to Brazil in the era of slavery, which was the food of the slaves and the ingredients are the leftover food given by their owners.

Another important point is that each state has your own gastronomy and some of them have featured like Minas Gerais with the pão de queijo, doce de leite, biscoito de polvilho, cuscuz; and Bahia with vatapá, acarajé, mugunzá and canjica, not by coincidence, but by connecting with the story, these states were very important for the country's development which helped to suffer more influences.

But if you analyse the food created by the Brazilians, you can see that most, if not all, aren´t healthy, most part is greasy or with too much sugar like coxinha, pastel, brigadeiro, quindim, pavê and many others.

To sum up, is possible to say that the food in Brazil is diverse and varied, but the Brazilian food isn’t healthy. So if you want to make a diet, don’t take Brazil as an example.