HUM-FNW-3 Analyze factors that influence food choices and quality of diet.

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• HUM-FNW-3 Analyze factors that influence food
  choices and quality of diet.  
• 3.1 Explain how physical factors influence food
  choices and quality of diet.
• 3.2 Explain how emotional factors influence food
  choices and quality of diet.
• 3.3 Predict how psychological factors influence
  food choices and quality of diet.
• 3.4 Predict how intellectual factors influence
  food choices and quality of diet.
• 3.5 Research how spiritual, religious, cultural,
  and family customs influence food choices and
  quality of diet.
• 3.6 Research government and legislation, (i.e.
  FSIS, USDA, FDA, GRAS, Delaney Clause), influence
  food choices and quality of diet.
• 3.7 Compare economic factors that influence food
  choices and quality of diet.
• 3.8 Examine how environmental factors influence
  food choices and quality of diet.
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Food ChoicesReferences

• Food for Today
• McGraw-Hill
• Nutrition and Wellness
• McGraw-Hill/Glencoe

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Why You Eat What You Do

• Several influences affect eating choices
• People around you
• Family What you ate growing up
• Friends Restaurants and fad foods
• Culture Connection
• Culture is the shared beliefs, values and
  behavior of a group of people
• Where your live, your ethnicity, food traditions

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• Subgroups of culture
• Geography, heritage (ethnic groups), and religion
• Food customs
• How food is prepared, served, and eaten
• Unique foods (BBQ from Texas, Clam Chowder from
  New England)
• Dietary Laws
• Example Jewish religion and a Kosher Diet
• Cultural Etiquette
• Chopsticks, eating with the hands, etc
• Special Occasions
• Thanksgiving Food, Wedding Cakes, New Years
  Day (Black Eyed Peas and Collard Greens)

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• Available Food Supply
• What is grown where you live
• Georgia is famous for what things?
• Peaches, peanuts, blueberries, corn, soybeans,
  watermelon, onions
• Technology has made an impact on how food
  supplies are stored and processed
• Schedules, Energy, Budget
• What you eat and buy are affected by your
  resources
• Time, income level, personal energy, convenience
  foods (foods that are quick to prepare or eat)

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• You
• Your lifestyle and characteristics affect food
  choices
• Examples
• Age Teenagers are not apt to eat the same foods
  that adults do
• Attitudes/Emotions Feelings towards foods
  (memories or experiences)
• Diet goals and health concerns
• Knowledge/level of education New recipes,
  products and information can influence what you
  eat
• Income Level Better quality foods cost more
• Exposure Traveling, making new friends, trying
  new cusine

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• Food Advertising
• Ads make you aware of new foods and may provide
  useful information about nutrition
• Can you guess these food ads?
• Cereal (A Tiger)
• Fast Food (A Dog)
• Bread (Whoo Hoo)
• Food packaging also plays a major role in why we
  buy and eat the foods we do
• Food stylists create food products for
  photographs used in advertising
• They also use non food items to give the idea of
  fresh, tasty food
• For example, hamburger buns are really foam spray
  painted and milk is really sour cream

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PROJECT!

• Create a food advertisement for a BRAND NEW FOOD
• Must list
• Price
• Slogan
• What it is
• FIVE things that make it great
• Picture
• MUST BE CREATIVE!
• Remember to include what you have just learned
  about The factors that affect food choices!
• You will be graded on all of the above, neatness,
  creativity, and timeliness

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What Do You Think?

• How might decisions about what you eat be
  influenced by where you live?
• What else can influence food choices?
• Give an example of how a particular lifestyle can
  affect food choices.
• Define media. How does the media affect food
  choices? List three foods you buy because of the
  packaging.

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• Sensory Attributes
• Our five senses also affect our food choices
• The way your senses respond to food affect your
  appetite (psychological desire to eat)
• Just slight aroma, taste, or seeing your favorite
  food can make you hungry
• Sound can also affect appetite

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What do you think?

• You have five senses Taste, touch, sound, sight
  and smell
• List each sense and TWO foods that appeal to you
  for that particular sense
• What makes certain foods so appealing to you?
• What are some foods that trigger your appetite?
• Why do you think that some foods dont satisfy
  your hunger?

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• Your tongue is covered with papillae
  (puh-pih-lee), or tiny bumps that contain taste
  buds
• Each papilla has hundreds of taste buds, which
  distinguish sweet, sour, salty, and bitter tastes
• Other nerve endings sense temperature and texture
• When one of your senses is altered, the flavor of
  food may be altered as well
• Illness and medications can dull sensations and
  detract from the flavor of food
• When you have a cold and you cant smell, it
  alters the taste of food

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Sense Activities

• Taste Test
• Smell Test

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Special Diets and Health Concerns

• Only a doctor or a health professional should
  recommend a medical diet
• Once a medical diet has been set in place, it is
  important to follow it as close as possible
• The most common medical diet is probably a
  diabetic diet

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Diabetes

• A condition in which the body cant control
  levels of sugar in the blood properly
• It all has to do with insulin, which is a body
  chemical that helps sugar in your blood move into
  your bodys cells
• In one type of diabetes, the body doesnt produce
  enough insulin
• In another, the body doesnt use the insulin that
  is produced normally
• Oral medicine or insulin injections may be
  necessary
• A special diet low in sugars is required
• Those who are overweight are at high risk for
  developing diabetes

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Modified Diet

• A special eating plan that helps to keep a
  medical condition under control
• It may involve limiting certain foods or choosing
  foods for nutritional value
• Examples
• Low fat/low cholesterol
• Low sodium
• High fiber
• Soft diet

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Food Additives

• These are used to improve flavor or appearance
• Common examples include preservatives, food
  colorings, flavorings, sweeteners, etc.
• Food additives can serve valuable purposes in the
  production of food, but if used in excess, they
  may pose risk to health
• A common belief is that food colorings
  (specifically red and yellow) can add to the
  effects of ADHD

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Food Intolerance

• The body has trouble digesting or handling a
  component of food
• Examples
• Gluten
• People cant digest this protein found in wheat
  products
• Lactose Intolerance
• The inability to adequately digest lactose, the
  main sugar found in milk and milk products
• Symptoms include diarrhea, stomach pains and
  nausea
• People will need to
• drink 1 cup of milk or less with other foods
• Eat hard aged cheeses (parmesan) and yogurt
• Choose lactose free products or use the drops
  that reduce lactose
• Ask your doctor for a prescriptive supplement
  that will help you digest lactose

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Food Allergies

• A sensitivity to a food that involves the bodys
  immune system
• The immune system mistakenly reacts to the food
  as if it were an illness to fight
• Reactions include rashes, vomiting, stomach
  cramps, breathing problems
• The reactions usually occur right after eating
  the food, or just by being around them
• If you think you have a food allergy, there are
  many types of tests your doctor can perform on
  you
• The allergy is treated by preventing the reaction
  and eliminating foods from your diet that cause
  the reaction

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Food and Medications

• They can affect each other and your bodys
  chemistry
• Food can help or hinder your bodys use of
  medicines
• Also, some medicines affect how your body uses
  nutrients
• Follow instructions for taking medicines,
  especially when they say to take with food or
  drink
• If medicine is taken on an empty stomach, it can
  slow the absorption or cause ulcers
• Some foods will react with medications

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Organic Foods

• Organic foods have become very popular over the
  last decade
• Many people chose organic because of the way that
  food is grown and harvested
• Organic foods do not use chemical fertilizers or
  pesticides
• Some people feel that these cause cancers and
  diseases, as well as harm the environment
• These foods must be stamped with the USDA seal of
  approval for organic food
• These foods have not been proven more nutritious
  than conventional farmed foods
• Organic foods are more costly