Approaches of the Industrial and Financial Medical Complex (IFMC) in tennis, cycling and boxing in Colombia

Authors

  • Jaime Alberto Mendez Castillo Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana, Colombia
  • Sandra Milena Araque Jaramillo Universidad Nacional de Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.03.951.753

Keywords:

medicalization, commodification, Sports Nutritional Sciences, Suplementos Nutricionais, financial and industrial medical complex

Abstract

Since its beginnings in the mid-20th century in the United States of America, the industrial and financial medical complex (IFMC) has been finding different niches of accumulation and profitability as transformations have occurred in the global capitalist system. Sport is one of the scenarios in which the IFMC has gradually come to operate with different actors, who in the 21st century is already accumulating millions of dollars at the expense of athletes, their stripped and exploited bodies, as well as their health and life.  In this sense, the purpose of this article is to contribute to some reflections on the relationship between the IFMC and sport as a social field of capitalist disputes.

Author Biographies

Jaime Alberto Mendez Castillo, Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana, Colombia

Fonoaudiólogo, magíster en Salud Pública, doctor en Salud Pública de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Jamendezc@unal.edu.co. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5034-021X. https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001495251

Sandra Milena Araque Jaramillo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Terapeuta Ocupacional, magíster en Salud y Seguridad en el Trabajo, doctora en Salud Pública de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. smaraquej@unal.edu.co. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2067-0138. https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001399192.

Published

2023-11-24

How to Cite

Mendez Castillo, J. A., & Araque Jaramillo, S. M. . (2023). Approaches of the Industrial and Financial Medical Complex (IFMC) in tennis, cycling and boxing in Colombia . Salud Uninorte, 39(3), 1208–1224. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.03.951.753

Issue

Section

Reflexion Article