Os aspectos emocionais da alimentação na perspectiva da gestalt-terapia

Abstract

The act of eating is, in the most basic level, a searching for survival, for satisfy the hunger – a fisiological need. However, during the human been evolution and society development, the feeding become related to many diferent meanings. With the culinary techniques and development of gastronomy, the food preparing became more elaborated. The food became present in many different social situations, cultural and religious manifestations. Therefore, the aim of this work is understand the emotional aspects related to eating in the gestalt-therapy perspective.