Factors affecting food choices

Factors affecting food choices

1. Cost -

   • Wealthy - eat more expensive foods and can eat out more often
     • Limited budget have to settle for cheaper foods

2. Availability - what types of food are in the shops

3. Culture - where we live, our religion and race influence the food that we eat, also festive occasions

   • Staple foods - foods which are plentiful and most commonly eaten in a countyr - eg. potatoes in ireland.

4. Food value - is the food nourishing/healthy/correct for the needs of the body

   • Malnutritrition - bad nutrition. The incorrect balance of nutrients in the body, caused by too little food (starvation), too much food (obesity), lack of certain nutrients (deficienty diseases)

5. Lifestyle - our family and friends. Eating habits are formed at home.

6. 'The senses, smell, taste, sight and touch

   • four tastes sensed by taste buds are sweet, sour, bitter and salty