Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: The present study aims to investigate the scenario of research on Food Service in Brazil based on the Stricto Sensu Graduate Programs in Nutrition, research groups, and scientific production. Methods: A search of the research lines including studies related to this topic and the researchers engaged in those studies was conducted. The research groups were identified on the Directory of Research Groups in Brazil website and the profile of the scientific production was based on articles included in the Scientific Electronic Library Online database. Articles published in international journals that were related to research lines focused on food production were also searched and analyzed. Results: The search identified only two graduate programs with research lines that describe the food production as the object of study although 13 graduate programs carry out research related to Food Service, especially focused on nutritional and sanitary aspects of food. The same trend was observed in the national articles. The internationalization of these two research line results from the academic publication in 22 different journals over the past 5 years. Thirty five professors were identified and most of them hold a PhD in Food Science and Technology. The number of research groups increased from two in 2000 to twenty nine in 2010. Conclusion: The inclusion of Food Service in graduate programs is still limited. The main trend observed is towards a closer relationship with Food Science and Technology in terms of the lines of research, professional qualification, and published studies.
Highlights
In Brazil, most scientific research has been attributed to Programas de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu (PPG, Stricto Sensu Graduate Programs) as part of a public policy that began in the 1950s with the creation of Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development)
Fourteen other research lines included in 13 PPG did not describe the planning, production, and distribution of food as one of the topics addressed, but they included studies related to Food Service
Topics relevant to Food Service, in general, are not included in the scope of the journals with the highest Qualis classification in this area. This search conducted in the present study revealed the modest presence of Food Service in graduate programs in nutrition
Summary
In Brazil, most scientific research has been attributed to Programas de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu (PPG, Stricto Sensu Graduate Programs) as part of a public policy that began in the 1950s with the creation of Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). Graduate programs have greatly expanded over the decades following the creation of these research funding agencies[1,2]. In the 1970s and 1980s, the PPG in Nutrition included only 2 master degree programs, but these programs have expanded, and between 1990 and 2005 9 new PPG were created. In 2011, Capes created the Nutrition research area, with a total of 18 PPG3,4. This considerable increase in the number of graduate programs in Nutrition reflects the advance of research and professional training in the core knowledge and practices in the scientific field that has been known as Food and Nutrition[5,6]. The concept of core knowledge and practices was adopted in this study to characterize the concentration of knowledge and skills that
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