Its My Choice Or Is It

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Its My Choice - Or Is It?
Influences of Nutrition Choices
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What are personal nutrition choices?

• Personal nutrition choices are the decisions that
  you make that affect what and how you eat
• These choices can affect your health
• No one else can make these decisions for you
  your health is your responsibility

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Why do we do what we do?!?

• Making a personal nutrition decision is a lot
  more complicated than it sounds!
• Sometimes we may know that a certain decision is
  not the best one but we do it anyway why do we
  do this?

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What influences our nutrition decisions?

• Friends and Classmates Peers
• Values and Beliefs
• Money
• Convenience
• Motivation
• Family
• Likes and dislikes
• Availability

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Why does this matter?

• If we know what influences are affecting our
  decisions
• We can handle them appropriately
• We can take better control of the situation
• We can decide how much the influence really
  matters
• We can make better decisions!

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Graphics From

• Country Clip Art by Lisa
• www.countryclipart.com
• Food and Health Communications
• www.foodandhealth.com
• Microsoft Clip Art