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PEREYRA, Isabel. Public nutritional policies in Uruguay and people’s autonomy. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2019, vol.45, n.1 ISSN 1561-3127.

Based on the concept of autonomy developed by American bioethics and after carrying out an updated review of the public nutritional policies in Uruguay, it is presented an analysis of the problems that these policies had in relation to this concept. The research was based in a review of the historical points of reference in the field of policies that were designed by the State to combat nutritional problems. Government documents which were published as programmes, plans and guides were reviewed. The analysis discusses the values that have traditionally been identified as basic rights of autonomy and aspects that surround it, and that in some way are determinants when individual choices and the real possibilities of individuals to choose freely appear. The purpose of this study is to show the nutritional policies of the Uruguayan State, from the mid twentieth century to the present, emphasizing their interference in the construction of autonomy.

Palavras-chave : nutritional policies; personal autonomy; bioethics; human rights.

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