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Factors Affecting Food Choices. Chapter 2. Food is a Reflection of Culture. Food habits are a reflection of culture. If affects all aspect of your life. Some eat insects while we eat BBQ. Sounds strange to us, but BBQ sounds strange to them. Historical Influences
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Factors Affecting Food Choices Chapter 2
Food is a Reflection of Culture • Food habits are a reflection of culture. • If affects all aspect of your life. • Some eat insects while we eat BBQ. • Sounds strange to us, but BBQ sounds strange to them. • Historical Influences • Where are your ancestors from? Does that affect traditional foods in your family? • Ethnic Influences • Usually religion or racial or certain part of the country food. • Food taboos-against eating beef, or cannot understand why we wouldn’t eat dog. • Regional Influences • Eat it because it is popular where you live or an abundance of it where you live. • Religious Influences • Rules regarding food choices. Can you think of one?
Social Influences on Food Choices • By people we are around. • Restaurants/foods become popular by certain people. • Family- manners, how to eat certain foods, traditions • Friends- noticed that you all like similar foods? • Status of food- foods that have a social impact on others. Ex: who eats caviar? • Media- advertisements, colors.
Emotions Affects Food Choices • Eat a bad banana, now can never eat a banana. • Fig 2-8 • Emotional responses- linked to gender • To deal with emotions- depressed, happy • For reward or punishment- chocolate, salad. • Preferences- like one more than another because of positive emotions.
The Influence of Agriculture, Technology, Economics and Politics • Control over what food to put in your pantry, little control over what is available to buy and price at the store. • Resources: Soil, climate, technical knowledge, human energy. • Technology: Improved packaging to get foods here otherwise we may not. • Economics of food: Money is needed for producing and buying. Poor countries lack this so they cannot afford the importing. • Politics of food: what is grown and where, investing, regulations.
Nutrition Knowledge Affects Food Choices • We are so influenced by everything around us that sometimes we believe “old wives tales” about certain foods. • Ex: Should you avoid vegetable oil beause it is high in cholesterol? You should answer no because if you did your research you would find that it has no cholesterol. • Magical power foods (apples) • Pills (multivitamins are a must) • Pesticides (chemicals) • Cure diseases (citrus prevents Scurvy disease) • You need to make yourself knowledgeable about the food you eat and know what you are putting in your mouth.
Activity • In your food journals try and add one new food that you usually do not eat or a food you have never eaten before. What are you going to try? (want to be able to see it). • Identify a food from your culture. Ex: you originally from Germany describe a food from there. Draw a picture of the food or find a picture on the internet, explain what is in it and try and explain how it fits into the culture. • Extra Credit: prepare this food at home and bring it in to share with the class.