social factors

social factors

education
1. healthy eating behaviours can be taught and passed on from generation to generation
2. early childhood learning/ school education
  1. food technology classes
  2. the national healthy canteens project
    1. green, amber and red food selection according to the austrlain dietary guidelines
  3. the kitchen garden program
    1. positively influence children's food choices
    2. hands on activity
      1. grow and harvest fresh food
      2. exposure and knowledge of textures, aromas, flavours
3. schools offer healthy eating knowledge
4. local governments promote healthy eating
  1. eat well be active
  2. australian dietary guidelines
  3. australian guide to healthy eating
  4. the health star rating
time
1. online food ordering systems
  1. hello fresh
    1. delivers recipes and a box of ingredients
    2. for families who are time-poor
    3. expensive
2. all-in-one kitchen machine
  1. cooking appliance combines over ten appliances in one compact unit
  2. chop, beat, mix, whip, grind, knead, mince, juice, blend, heat, stir, steam and weigh
    1. allows for quick preparation
    2. functions support healthy cooking methods
  3. expenisve
3. a lack of time make it hard for families to prepare healthy home-cooked meals from scratch
4. pre-prepared foods
  1. frozen vegetables
  2. created with jamie
income
1. low income families may be restricted to food choices
2. the rise of supermarket private labels
  1. supermarket brands (select) are attracting more people as it is quality products at a reasonable price
3. the rise of low cost supermarkets
  1. Aldi is approximately 25% cheaper than major supermarkets (colse and woolworhts)
    1. appealing to consumers looking for affordabilty
cultural norms
1. standards, expectations, rules and guides by which our society lives
2. food choices originate from family members
3. celebrating life events
4. religion
5. televisions and media
location
1. type of access to food
  1. supermarket
  2. local markets/shops
2. remote living
  1. difficulty accessing fresh ingredients for food
  2. limited range of products
  3. more expensive
    1. transportation
    2. lack of market compition
3. low social economic status suburbs may be a target for fast food (energy-dense, nutrient poor)
accommodation
1. apartment stye living
  1. wide range of fresh food nearby
  2. lacking kitchen facilities and space
    1. shopping daily
      1. limiting the ability to prepare nutritious meals
2. homelessness
  1. living conditions make it very difficult to source healthy meals
3. equipment
  1. well-equipped kitchen
    1. store, cook and prepare a wide variety of nutritious meals to maintain goof health
      1. most Australian families

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