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Purpose: This study aims to examine the role of edible mushrooms in the Brazilian diet, considering their strategic significance in meeting nutritional goals within sustainable development. Despite their potential in the nutrition of the Brazilian population, significant knowledge gaps still exist. To address this, the authors formulated this study into five main sections: the consumption of edible mushrooms in Brazil, the factors influencing the consumption, the occurrence of edible mushrooms in Brazil, the nutritional contribution of mushrooms consumed in Brazil and sustainable mushroom production in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach: The authors compiled current literature to develop this viewpoint paper using systematic review, systematic search and narrative review search methods. Findings: Mushrooms are sporadically consumed in Brazil, primarily by the urban population, with challenges in estimating the most used species. Social, economic and cultural factors, health considerations and reduced meat consumption influence mushroom consumption behavior. While Pleurotus ostreatus, Lentinula edodes and Agaricus bisporus are primary species, ethnomycological studies highlight a more diverse consumption among traditional indigenous communities. Brazil hosts approximately 133 wild mushroom species safe for human consumption. Some can be sustainably cultivated using substrates derived from agricultural and urban waste, offering high-protein, high-fiber, low-fat foods with bioactive compounds holding antioxidant and prebiotic potential. Originality/value: To the best of the authors' knowledge, no previous study has investigated how edible mushrooms contribute to the food and nutrition of the Brazilian population. This study emphasizes the crucial role of edible mushrooms in preserving Brazil's cultural heritage, contributing to food and nutritional security and enhancing the overall diet quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After having been excluded for a long time in the fashion consumer market, in recent times fat women seem to be finally conquering space, with the emergence of a variety of initiatives, such as fashion weeks, beauty contests, fashion brands and scientific events aimed specifically at the fat public in Brazil. Considering consumption as central in the definition of the identity of the contemporary subject, our objective in this article is to analyze the growth of the women plus size fashion market, evaluating its weaknesses and strengths, and especially its influence on the formation of the identity of the plus size woman. For this, we undertook a bibliographic review of authors who deal with consumption, body, capitalism, identity, and fat body and plus size fashion: among them Polain (2013), Jimenez (2020), Sassateli (2012), García-Canclini (2010), Bauman (2008), Aires (2019), MCracken (2003). We also conducted documentary research on journalistic articles and advertising pieces. As an empirical method, we observed the plus size fashion market in the city of São Paulo from 2019 to 2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several socio-demographic factors influence fish consumption frequency and preferences in the Brazilian aquaculture market. Hence, the aims of this paper were (i) to acquire information on fish consumption frequency; (ii) to examine the associations between specific socio-demographic characteristics of aquaculture consumers; (iii) to investigate the consumption frequency of these specific characteristics relating to certain barriers and drivers of consumption frequency; and (iv) to explore whether consumption behavior varies across different groups of consumers and regions. The study involved an online survey of 1509 consumers across the five regions in Brazil. The results of this study indicated that the general fish consumption frequency pattern is highly seasonal. In addition, we determined that significant differences in fish consumption frequency, determinants, and habits were found among income levels, age groups and regions. Our results show that low-income consumers are highly disadvantaged and more likely to consume fish less frequently than the other income groups. We further recommend several marketing strategies and initiatives to stimulate the consumption frequency of fish amongst Brazilian consumers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the political impacts on the poor's subjectivity provoked by neoliberal policies such as inclusion through consumption in 21st century Brazil. From 2009 to 2014, we carried out ethnographic research with new consumers in a low-income neighbourhood – Morro da Cruz – in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. We argue that consumption does not necessarily depoliticize human experience, as it is broadly assumed to have done in the scholarly literature on neoliberalism. In a society in which the poor has obtained goods through hierarchical and servile relationships, the possibility of buying things provides a micro sphere for recognition, though not in terms of classic collective action or even hidden subversion. Coupled with the momentum towards a national 'economic emergence', status goods became vehicles of an emergent subjectivity, which we conceptualize as 'the right to shine'. The right to shine are subtle forms of class and racial self-worth, and individual and interpersonal empowerment that revealed interclass defiance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the interplay between consumption and depression through a cross-cultural study conducted in Brazil and Germany. Design/methodology/approach: Data collection was conducted through an online survey. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to assess depression levels from a sample of 1,627 respondents (759 Germans and 868 Brazilians). Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regression and Mann–Whitney U tests were applied. Findings: Cultural characteristics are relevant in the consumption-depression interplay. The authors identified marketplace resources and stressors consisting of products categories that influence the depression level of the depressed consumer. Additionally, individuals with some level of depression presented different consumption habits than those without. A table summarizing the findings is presented at the end of the paper. Research limitations/implications: Work limitations refer to the consumption categories analyzed and the large share of students in the sample. Practical implications: Marketplace measures have an active role in mitigating or increasing depression levels. Thus, consumption can also be used as a transformative tool to benefit the lives of depressive individuals. Some suggestions are presented. Social implications: This study contributes to the discussion that consumption impacts the daily lives of people with depression and provides recommendations on how to adapt consumption habits to help depressive individuals optimize their quality of life and well-being. Originality/value: This paper contributes empirically and theoretically to the discussion of mental health and consumption and introduces innovative consumption categories (from daily life) that are incipient in previous literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper engages with China's currently most prominent environmental policy concept: ecological civilisation. As this concept is becoming a cornerstone of China's strategy of socialist modernisation, we examine whether and how the term can enable ecological protection in China and beyond. We argue that ecological civilisation, while a recently emerged discourse, builds on established environmental governance practices in China that shape its manifestation in political action. To illustrate this argument, we explain how two philosophical principles central to ecological civilisation discourse, "holism" and "harmony", have been expressed in environmental political practice in Communist China. Building on this analysis, we suggest that ecological civilisation discourse may have a profound impact in certain policy domains (e.g., resource conservation and ecological conservation redlines), but limited transformative capacity in others (e.g., environmental litigation and resource extraction). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates how meanings ascribed to education influence lower-income parents on investing (or not) in their children's education, and how this in turn influences family expenditures and consumption priorities. Based on 62 ethnographic interviews with individuals who had ascended from poverty to the lower fractions of the Brazilian urban middle-class, we examine differences within a relatively homogeneous fraction in terms of social status and income. Three distinct groups emerged: (1) parents who live in the favelas (slums) and see school as an agent to keep children away from deviant behaviours, (2) parents who live in the favelas and invest in education as an enabler of upwards social mobility, and (3) parents from less affluent suburbs who pay for private education to keep their children from interacting with bad influences outside the territory. Even in socially segregated territories, meanings were shaped less by parents' amount and composition of cultural and economic capitals, and more by their own experiences with the educational system and access to positive role models (or lack thereof). It appears that the meanings attached to education end up defining family expenditures, family budget and important consumption trade-offs. In addition, our findings reveal a subtle, fine-grained mechanism of distinction based on school choice among the class fraction's members. We draw on Wilson's social isolation theory to show how parents of similar economic and cultural capital, and who were socialized in a similar cultural milieu, ascribe different meanings to education, and the resulting differences in household consumption patterns. We thus offer insights on the different reproduction mechanisms at play within an economically disadvantaged social fraction that had moved from poverty to the lower urban middle-class in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study emphasizes the contributions of the means-end chain theory to understanding the relationship between attributes-consequences-values (A-C-V) and the identities of individuals participating in street running, a sporting practice that has been gaining followers in Brazil. The objective is to understand how the choice of street running rather than other sporting activities influences the identity reconstruction of its practitioners through A-C-V relationships. The study is qualitative and was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the means-end chain theory, with data collected on 22 street runners analysed using the laddering technique. The results indicate that by identifying with street running, the runners mainly seek the values of pleasure and achievement. Street running is also marked by the attribute of collective (but also individual) practice. This flexibility of choice is reflected in how the runners relate attributes, consequences, and values in street-running consumption practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This paper aims to adapt and validate the Luxury Consumption Tendency (LCTS) from to the Brazilian context. Design/methodology/approach: The data collection was both presential and online with a sample of 401 consumers over 18 years old. To validate the instrument, a confirmatory factor analysis was performed, verifying the adjustment of the whole model, the reliability and validity of the instrument, and also the descriptive analysis. Research, Practical & Social implications: The final scale was composed of four dimensions, thus being: singularity; symbolic meaning; arbitrary desire; exclusive minority. Therefore, this paper seeks to contribute to the marketing studies, consumer behavior and luxury consumption tendency by presenting the psychometrics proprieties of the scale, providing viability for the application of the instrument in Brazil and expanding scientific knowledge in the field of marketing. Originality/value: The proceedings of translation, adaptation, and application of the items with sociodemographic questions were performed to the Brazilian context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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An ethnographic approach to consumption practices of upper-class young-adult women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows how shopping and selling experiences are seen as opportunities for owners, staff, and customers to build social relations. As a consequence, the belt of trust that is built through such transactions creates a network of stores, women, brands, and goods attached by strong reciprocity ties. This also produces a distinction between shops that are "cozy," and the ones that are bureaucratic and "open to everyone." Among such practices, informants reproduce the particular Brazilian rite of asking "Do you know who you are talking to?" to reinforce local social hierarchies and distinctions, a rite that was previously analyzed by the anthropologist Roberto DaMatta. While consumption practices are often seen as some sort of North Americanization of the world, we argue for the importance of ethnographic accounts that map local forms of appropriation and particular power dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the study was to track developmental trends and challenges in beef cattle breeding, to analyze the dynamics of growth in beef production, the rate of changes in the number of beef cows in the world and in Bulgaria. The USA is the largest producer of beef globally, followed by Brazil and the European Union (EU). The highest level of consumption for this kind of meat is in the USA, China and Brazil. It has been reported that the number of beef cows in Bulgaria has increased. The number of slaughterhouses has not changed. During the first three years of the studied period, a higher number of animals slaughtered in slaughterhouses has been reported, and respectively a higher slaughter weight. In 2018 and 2019, a decrease on animals slaughtered in slaughterhouses was reported. The number of animals slaughtered on farms has been continuously decreasing during the studied period. The produced beef and veal is constantly decreasing, but the import of this kind of meat has been increasing up to 2017 (21045 t) and drastically halved in 2018 (10936 t). The internal consumption of meat has had the same tendency. In 2015 and 2016 the export of cattle meat had increased, while it decreased in 2017 and increased again in 2018. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In recent years, the debate about demographic changes and its impacts on the economy has increased. The growth in the relative share of elderly people in the age pyramid may occur in the coming decades in many parts of the world, and their effects on the composition of consumption, notably on energy demand and emissions, are not yet known. This article estimates the changes in the pattern of consumption in Brazil due to the changes projected in the age pyramid in 2050 and the consequences of these changes on CO2 emissions. For this, projections will be made using an input–output model for the Brazilian economy for the year 2010 considering 67 productive sectors and six age groups. The results suggest that emissions grow less than proportionally to population growth and that the participation of sectors such as fuels and transport shows a small decrease in the consumption vector for 2050. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study analyzes the (de)construction of imaginaries about Brazil by LGBTIQ+ immigrants and refugees, and begins by examining their media consumption. The methodology uses a group of theoretical reflections on the relationship among the imaginary, media, and migration, as well as semistructured interviews with 10 LGBTIQ+ immigrants and refugees living in the city of São Paulo. The results of the analysis show the plurality of uses and appropriations encompassed in their media consumption and the contrasts between the imaginaries about Brazil and the reality they experience in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Faster spread of epidemics has turned local concerns into global crises; antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is being considered a major threat to public health in the twenty-first century. Antibiotic misuse plays a great role in accelerated AMR; thus, understanding and discussing consumption patterns has been a trend topic over the past years. Developing countries, such as Brazil, have high growth rates in antibiotic consumption, potentially impacting global environmental safety. This study presents the compiled information from the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) on antibiotic dispensation across the country and maps the consumption trends between the years of 2013 and 2016. The most consumed substances were beta-lactams (amoxicillin and cephalexin) and macrolides (azithromycin). National relative growth consumption in the mentioned period was 18%. At the local level, growth of consumption ranged from 4 to 85%, with rampage growth concentrated in the North and Northeast regions. Brazilian laws, such as restriction of over-the-counter sales and mandatory report on dispensation, seem to have little effect on the national antibiotic consumption growth. This phenomenon growth is still elevated if compared with developed countries, demonstrating the need for further surveillance as well as coordinated efforts aiming at antibiotic use and AMR prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article seeks to identify how public consumption practices of the Mamilos podcast. For this, the research starts from concepts such as post-industrial journalism, a transition from journalistic sound production to the Internet and the origin and characteristics of podcasts in Brazil and in the world. From the application of a questionnaire with the podcast audience was able to identify the consumer's profile and the way they consume the content. The results also allow us to conclude that the Mamilos podcast delivers journalistic content to its listeners, who seek, in the programs, discussions with different opinions on subjects related to society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We highlighted the expansion of the segmented market for kinky and curly hair salons in Brazil, the consumer society frenzy, and the issue of identities and affection in the relationship between consumers and such niche market in the city of São Luís, Maranhão. We performed an online, qualitative, quantitative bibliographic opinion research, and inferred that the demand for kinky and curly hair is based on invested affective aspects of what hair represents for the interviewees: acceptance, self-esteem, appreciation of the natural, belonging, black representation, and values that typify their idiosyncrasies, which are crucial elements for understanding the social fabric and consumer practices in postmodernity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Road transport in Brazil is inefficient and technologically outdated. • Accidents on Brazilian highways generate yearly losses of US$ 3.41 billion. • The use of the EDR improved the safety, operational efficiency and fuel consumption. • The drivers' behavior improved, with a positive impact on the criteria observed. • The provision training enhanced the results of the technology. Raising the safety and efficiency of trucking in Brazil has been a considerable challenge to industry managers and public officials in Brazil. The high number of injuries and deaths, low qualification of drivers and dependence on this type of transport have combined to create a vicious circle of inefficiency and risk. This article evaluates nine indicators related to criteria of safety, operational efficiency and consumption of inputs, based on analysis of a truck fleet in Brazil, using data collected by an event data recorder (EDR) system. The objective of this analysis is to understand whether EDR systems allow better efficiency of truck fleets with respect to the proposed criteria, and whether the driver training process influences the results. For this purpose, we developed an experimental procedure composed of three monitoring phases – undisclosed (U), conscious 1 (C1) and conscious 2 (C2) – to allow evaluation of the fleet performance and behavior of each driver according to the proposed criteria. The results indicate that EDR systems can be applied to trucking in Brazil to reduce risks and costs and improve transport operation. Besides this, the process of training and feedback enhanced the results obtained in relation to use of the technology alone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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It is notable the increased interest of marketing researchers in issues involving the Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) in Brazil. Thus, this essay article aims to offer the marketing community a compendium demonstrating how this theoretical and methodological approach was structured epistemologically, as it was historically constructed, consolidated as a brand and also as those who helped in their construction they think that this could contribute to that we understand the phenomena of the consumption through its cultural and symbolic aspects. For this, it was structured in topics that show the relationship between consumption and the interpretative perspective, discussing the antecedents of the launching of the CCT brand and exposed the issues that permeated the launch and the theoretical and empirical contributions of the CCT. The concluding comments on the subject, in the end, motivate interested researchers to invest their efforts to expand this promising field of studies in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Goal: Understand the environmental impact of brewing industry activities in Brazil. Design/Methodology/Approach: Discusses the model of production and consumption tied to the brewing market within the environmental debate. By bibliographical research, qualitative approach, case study. The case study data was collected within a three-month period on Ambev's sustainability program analysis. Limitations: Enterprise's confidentiality. Some documents could not be reached. Results: This study clarify that Ambev's sustainability program does not meet its own objectives and statements as it does not effectively contribute to sustainability. Practical Implications: This article's value resides in revealing Ambev's greenwashing strategies deepening the effects of environmental crisis worldwide. Originality/Value: This study arises a critical thinking regarding big companies sustainability initiatives lacking real environmental concern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The offer and consumption of fish and other aquatic organisms in Brazil comprise a great complexity of interacting factors, from the origin and production of these goods, to their processing and marketing. Unexpected factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic might contribute for increasing the complexity of such interactions and shift consumption patterns. This study aimed at characterizing the consumption of fish in the Brazilian territory, identifying factors that influence such consumption and investigating how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the country's consumption pattern. A closed and semi-structured questionnaire was applied and gathered responses from 1763 Brazilian participants from all the country's macro-regions, regarding fish consumption and factors affecting it. Data were presented descriptively and analyzed by means of a multivariate approach. Three patterns of fish meat consumption were identified in the study. Northern participants consume this foodstuff in recommended amounts by dietary guidelines in higher proportions than other regions. In general, during the pandemic most respondents did not change their fish consumption (59.7%) and declared that no risks were associated with consuming this foodstuff (65.6%). It was found that the origin of fish is a major driver of consumption, whereas from 49.2% (Southeast and Midwest) to 58.2% (North) of the population would increase their consumption in case the origin of the foodstuff was declared. Fish consumption in Brazil is influenced by multiple factors and it can be stimulated by exploring differences existing among the territory's macro-regions. • Fish consumption by the Brazilian population was characterized. • COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected fish consumption in the North region. • Informal markets interruption caused reduced consumption by low-income families. • High-income families did not have their fish consumption altered during the pandemics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• A listener can perform practices that internalise the taste for a musical genre • There is a taste normative system that guides the listener practices in a music scene • Music appreciation is improved in a process of learning and experimentation • A listener can develop the faculty of judging and expressing taste in a music scene • Social distinction is achieved by the listener who perform specific taste practices This article characterises the taste internalisation practices of listeners engaged in the consumption of the metal musical genre, delimiting engagement as an active role in performing distinctive actions and/or establishing social relations that enable the metal scene in Brazil. We found that social actors and specialised media propagate the normative system among listeners, who get involved with the aural, visual and verbal dimensions of the style, while appreciating and updating the meanings inherent to it. Cultural competencies are developed for the judgement and expression of taste, considering the peers inserted in the scene. Social distinction is manifested through the elaboration of codes that affirm the particularity of the listener's musical taste. We conclude that the taste internalisation practices promote a process of learning and experimentation during the consumption of the metal musical genre, contributing to the insertion of a new listener and to guide the interactions among listeners already existing in this cultural field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The universalization of the right to social security for rural producers and rural workers is a recent victory for Brazilian society. The implementation of this benefit began in the early 1990s. This article aimed to analyze the effects of rural social security on the lifestyle of families with retirees. The research was conducted in two small municipalities with agricultural economies from Zona da Mata Mineira region. The research used cross-sectional data collection procedures by applying a survey with open and closed-ended questions about consumption and living. The research sample was representative of the study population, comprising 117 rural elderly people, 64 from Piranga City and 53 from São Miguel do Anta City. Data obtained were categorized, analyzed and tested using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The survey results highlighted routine behavior and a predisposition to act based on a long term planning system, supported by the certainty of receiving the pension. Planned and long-term investments became a reality, including home improvement projects and acquisition of durable goods. Concerns about immediate family maintenance gave way to a perspective based on future planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The coastal plain of Rio Grande do Sul is considered to be a Se-deficient region in terms of its population dietary habit, making it the focus of this study. Selenium dietary deficiency is a concern when we consider its potential critical health effects on the local population. Therefore, this study contributes new information on the levels of Se in several species of marine and freshwater fish in the region of the Patos-Mirim Lagoon system, coupled with a comparative analysis of the metalloid contents between both fish groups. The Se contents in the fish species ranged from 88 ± 13 to 688 ± 19 μg.kg -1 . The average Se concentration in the muscle tissue of the freshwater species (251 ± 96 μg kg -1 ) was significantly lower than that of the marine species (412 ± 143 μg kg -1 ). Likewise, no evidence of Se biomagnification was found among the fish from both the marine and freshwater environments, suggesting the absence of trophic transfer of Se. We note that to ensure that the RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance, 55 μg day -1 ) of Se dietary intake for adults is met, at least 134 g of freshwater or 82 g of marine fish fillet could be incorporated into the diet of the population of Rio Grande do Sul. According to target hazard quotients (THQ) and the permissible safety limits, consumption of the fish species analyzed is safe for human health., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)

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Among the links between Pier Paolo Pasolini and Brazilian Cinema Novo, one of the most inspiring is the political approach to hunger and consumption. In this text, I analyse this topic to look at how some of the aesthetic ideas in Pasolini's La ricotta (1963) can also be found in some of the most important films of Cinema Novo. In La ricotta (1963), the irresistible need to eat of a subproletarian interacts and clashes with his responsibilities as an actor in a movie version of the Passion of Christ, so that the film creates a complex network of relations between film shooting, social differences, art, hunger, consumption, time and light, which turns the film set into a space for displaying political relations, differences, exploitation and revolution. The correspondences between these concepts and some aggression techniques of Cinema Novo are numerous and confirm the capacity of Pasolini's film to project ideas on cinema and politics beyond its particular production context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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