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Gender, Health and Nutrition

Women Roles for Healthy Lifestyles through Good

Foods

Umi Oktyari Retnaningsih

Universitas Surabaya

In Indonesia or patriarchal societies women play important roles for domestic work,

especially cooking. Food as the basic need for human being is still deceiving. Cooking

and eating practices do not consider healthy diet that is essential for good health

and nutrition. Lack of awareness of good food for health and happiness results in the

government campaign of “Healthy Lifestyle (Gerakan Hidup Sehat) or let food be thy

medicine. This research will describe and analyze women preferences in choosing

menu and preparation, their perception of good food, as well knowledge of healthy

lifestyle. This qualitative research will collect data from online survey, in-depth

interviews, and communication through whatsapp and emails. Sixty participants

representative of 15 career women, 15 working women, 15 housewife women, and 15

female students/graduates. Finding reveals there is a good possibility that

preferences of foods are appetite, availability, and even prestige. Junk foods (fried

chicken, French fries, nugget, sausage, and any other unhealthy stuffs) instead of fiber

rich foods are favorite. Women can play significant roles to deconstruct this

misleading beliefs and practices of eating habit. Government program for better

generation through good food should be socialized and supported

Keywords: healthy lifestyles, good foods, women roles, diet

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