Feeding in pregnancy and postpartum

Os preceitos cient??ficos para uma alimenta????o saud??vel s??o bastante difundidos e reconhecidos como essenciais ??s demandas nutricionais da gesta????o e dos eventos a ela relacionados, como o puerp??rio e a lacta????o, e visam principalmente, ?? sa??de do bin??mio m??e-filho. Por outro lado, as pr??ticas alimentares de mulheres durante o ciclo grav??dico-puerperal podem ser influenciadas por outras l??gicas. Este artigo ?? um ensaio te??rico que pretende refletir sobre a din??mica da dimens??o sociocultural e das rela????es sociais nas pr??ticas alimentares de gestantes e pu??rperas. Procura avan??ar no entendimento da alimenta????o para al??m de uma leitura estritamente nutricional, biol??gica, majoritariamente interpretada sob a perspectiva bioestat??stica. Destaca a import??ncia de abordar as quest??es que permeiam a alimenta????o por uma ??tica interdisciplinar, que permita conjugar saberes fundamentados nas Ci??ncias Sociais e na Biomedicina, a fim de repensar pol??ticas p??blicas e requalificar a pr??tica assistencial prestada a esse grupo.The scientific precepts for healthy eating have been widely divulged and are recognized as essential to the nutritional demands of pregnancy and its related events, such as postpartum and breastfeeding, aiming mainly at the health of the mother-child binomial. On the other hand, the eating habits of women during the pregnancy-postpartum cycle may be influenced by other logic. This article is a theoretical essay that aims to reflect on the dynamics of the socio-cultural dimension and on social relationships with respect to the eating habits of pregnant and postpartum women. It also aims to enhance the understanding of feeding beyond a strict nutritional and biological observation, in greater part interpreted from the bio-statistical perspective. It highlights the importance of approaching questions related to feeding from an interdisciplinary point of view, which allows for the conjugation of knowledge based on the Social Sciences and Biomedicine, in order to review public policies and improve the practice of assistance offered specifically to this group