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Foods I Unit 1.01
Vocab for Influences on food choices
Term | Definition |
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Cultural influences | the customs and beliefs of a racial, religious, or social group |
Economic influences | food choices based on supply and demand, price and availability |
Environmental influence | factors such as air, water, soil, mineral, plant and animal resources |
External influences | influences that come from outside of the individual or family. |
Internal influences | influences that exist within the individual such as physiological, psychological and situational or social |
Media influences | influences such as television, print and the Internet |
Physiological influences | influences such as gender, age, wellness and activity levels |
Psychological influences | influences such as appetite, emotions, thoughts, stress, and personal likes and dislikes |
Situational factors (social factors) | influences such as states of life, family schedules, financial resources, knowledge, skills and peer group |
Technological influences | the developments improving any methods for doing tasks |
Wellness | the state of being in overall good health |