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Food Biography List 5 food likes and 5 food dislikes
Choose 1 from each column and explain why
Answer the following questions:
1. Why do you eat? List 3 reasons why you find yourself eating food. What is the purpose of eating?
2. Why do you eat what you eat? What
makes you choose to eat the foods you do? 3. What do you think the difference between appetite and hunger is?
What Determines Food Choices?
AKA. “WHY DO I EAT WHAT I EAT???”
1. Physical Reasons (ex. Hunger, survival, nutrition, senses)
2. Psychological Reasons (ex. Emotions, moods, memories, etc.)
3. Social Reasons (ex. Going to a restaurant)
4. Cultural Reasons (ex. Tradition, religion, custom, environment, exposure)
Other Factors That Influence Food Choices
Hunger vs. Appetite Hunger the body telling you it is in need of food
(physical response) This can sometimes be mistaken with THIRST (body telling
you that you’re becoming dehydrated)
Appetite the desire for food, independent of if it is really necessary or even if you are hungry Can be due to emotions, boredom, habit, etc)
Senses
(illicit a physical response but can also evoke emotions) Taste being the biggest Smell connects to memory, also effects taste Touch think slimy squid, AKA “mouthfeel” Hear (snap crackle pop, pop rocks) Sight beige food = blah
Other Factors That Influence Food Choices
Advertisements
Resources
What do I mean by resources? The objects or qualities that one uses to reach goals
Time
Knowledge
Energy
Money
Ingredients
Skills
What determines food choices?
PHYSICAL NEEDS of Food
Energy to survive: food nourishes our body so that it can perform daily functions
Dietary Needs (football player, vs. senior citizen)
Age
Hunger (impulses from brain)
Food also helps to alleviate some health issues
Calcium = Osterporosis
Vitamin C = Heart Health
Flax Seed = Lowers Cholesterol
Vitamin A = Vision Health
What determines food choices?
Psychological needs Emotions
Experiences
Activity: Word Associations What feelings are evoked by the following words? Carnival
Sick
Summer
Movie
Picnic
Campfire
Football
Airplane
Cafeteria
Comfort Foods
Comfort Foods
Article:
“The Mood-Food Connection”
By Susan Lang
Journal Entry #1: 1. What was the article about? Summarize the main
idea.
2. Do you agree or disagree with this? Why?
3. Include at least two situations that you can
recall someone (or yourself) using food to
provide comfort. (think about movies, real life, tv…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG5RrbU1IPk
The Fun of Food
Enjoyment Family & Social Ties
Kitchen is the center of the home, often times Eat and discuss over dinner
Food brings people together Special occasions, weddings, birthdays, sporting events,
holidays
Entertainment Restaurants, Festivals, Television Shows
Adventure Trying something new
Comfort Often high in fat or calories and tend to evoke a feeling of
carefree childhood days
Eating Habits
Eating tends to be a learned behavior. Developed eating habits when we are young by watching those around
us.
Do you feel that your eating habits mirror those of your family? Explain why or why not.
Think about: Portion sizes
Snacking behaviors
Etiquette
Food Advertising
http://www.thewvsr.com/adsvsreality.htm http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/foodadtricks.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUjz_eiIX8k http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/view/
Food Advertising
Activity: Using food magazines, locate 1 good and 1
bad examples of food advertisements. Questions: 1. What product is the advertisement for? 2. How does it make you feel? (don’t say hungry) 3. What do you like or dislike about this
advertisement? 4. Who do you think this advertisement is
targeted towards? 5. Would you purchase this product (was the
advertisement successful?)
Food & Technology
Food Trends Prolonging the
self life of foods
Nutritional value of foods
Social trends like dual income homes where parents both work Convenience foods
Examples of Food Fads: Energy boosters
“Low, No, Reduced, Free, Light” Recently: Trans Fat, Artificial Sweetener, Organic
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