Food is essential for life and informed decisions when selecting foods are important for a happy and healthy life ? Body Physiological factors -Hunger -Appetite -Satiety Nutritional requirements- age, gender, body size, physical activity, health status e. g. allergy, diabetes, pregnancy/locating -Reactions to food – colour, shape, flavour, appearance, turgor. Psychological factors -Values -Beliefs -Attitudes and experiences -Habits -Emotions -Self-concept Define each (3) and give some examples Social factors
Culture and traditions- define, examples: family traditions, easter etc -Lifestyle: employment (both parents work, less time for foos prepareation- convenience foods, take away), education (informed about food up will make good decisions), household sturctures and roles (whay do family members do?Spoer, social commitments, who is in the family? ) , geographoic locations and climate (coast- seafood, winter- warn foods, summer- salads) , travel and other interests -Social interaction”: peer group (make choices that your friends make) , hospitatlity at home (entertaining) -The media (influences of advertising) Conclusion -In conclusions you can see…. -In conclusions it is obvious that… -The importance of food selections is obvious and has a real impact on people’s lives…
