EATING HABITS USA vs ITALY

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EATING HABITSUSA vs ITALY

• Group members
• Alice Lonardi
• Francesca Leorato
• Lara Sbampato

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DIFFERENCES IN EATING

• USA
• no typical cuisine but different food from all
  over the world
• go crazy for foreign cuisine Italian, Mexican,
  Indian, Chinese restaurants, etc.
• McDonaldization fast and junk food with soft
  drinks like coke

• ITALY
• typical local cuisine
• ONLY Italian food Italians eat cook Italian
  food even when theyre abroad
• Italian cuisine identifies the culture (social
  identity shaped by food habits)

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WHY FAST FOOD?

• CHEAP
• FAST
• GOOD TASTE

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WHY SLOW FOOD?

• HEALTH
• FRESHNESS
• SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMERS

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McDONALDIZATION vs AGRITURISMO

• Globarization
• Homogeneity
• Quick restaurant meal
• Quick-frozen food
• Modernity
• Lack of interaction

• Glocalization
• Diversity
• Sitting down at table
• Fresh Food
• Tradition
• Friendship

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EATING DISORDERS CAN COMPROMISE HEALTH AND LIFE

• Obesity
• An exaggerated accumulation of overweight caused
  by wrong eating habits and sedentary life
• Medical complications (heart disease, stroke,
  certain forms of cancer, diabetes, diabetes)

• Anorexia Bulimia
• Attempt restrictive diets
• Recurrent binge eating
• Self-evaluation is influenced by body shape and
  weight (a distorted view of one's body, low
  self-esteem)

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Eating Body Image Concerns

• SKINNY MODELS
• Sociocultural pressures to be thin
• being thin hard-working, successful, famous,
  beautiful, strong
• being fat lazy, ignorant, ugly, weak,
  unable to be a leader

• OBESITY
• Social consequences (social prejudice,
  socializing becomes very difficult)
• Psychological consequences (social prejudice, low
  self-esteem, depression, anxiety)

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NATIVE DISHES

• USA
• THE THREE SISTERS
• CORNS, BEANS, SQUASH

• ITALY
• LE TRE P
• PIZZA, PASTA, POMODORO

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LOCAL DISHES

• ITALY
• Three typical Venetian dishes
• BIGOLI CO LANARA
• RISOTTO ALLA VENETA
• POLENTA

• USA
• Three typical Louisiana dishes
• Catfish gumbo
• Hush puppy
• Red beans and rice

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ATTITUDES TOWARDS FOOD

• AMERICANS
• Dont care about origins and ingredients
• Quantity
• Food poisoning

• ITALIANS
• Look for local habits
• Quality
• Health and freshness

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TASTE EDUCATION

• Slow Food in schools
• developing childrens heating behaviors
• fighting against childhood obesity
• improving children's knowledge about their food
  local culture

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• FARM TO SCHOOL
• COOKING AND TASTE EDUCATION CLASSES
• FARM TOURS

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• Graph taken from www.cdc.gov

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Conclusions

• Different cultural meanings of food
• Lunch Club vs everyday meal