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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appetite | The psychological want to eat |
| Culture | Traditions and beliefs of racial, religious, or social groups |
| Hunger | Physical need to eat |
| Customs | typical ways of behaving (many cultures have special dishes or distinct food customs) |
| Fasting | denying oneself food |
| Values | items and ideas that a person or group considers important |
| Lifestyle | the way a person usually lives |
| Peer Pressure | influence from someone in your social group |
| Fallacy | a mistaken belief |
| Fads | practices that are very popular for a short time |
| Functional Food | Provides healthy benefits beyond nutrients |
| Stress | mental and physical tension caused by change |
| Agriculture | use and knowledge and skills to tend soil, grow crops, and raise livestock |
| Environment | air, water, soil, mineral resources, plants, and animals that ultimately affect the survival of life on earth |
| Aquaculture | Farming to raise animals or plants that live in water |
| Hydroponic Farming | Growing plants in nutrient rich liquid rather than in soil |
| Sustainability | practices that either preserve or improve societal, environmental, and economic conditions for future generations |
| Fair Trade Products | goods for which farmers and workers are paid a reasonable wage |
| Technology | use of knowledge to develop improved methods for doing tasks |
| GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms) | plants and animals whose DNA has been changed in a way that does not happen in nature |
| Selective Breeding | Creating new species of plants |
| Wellness | State of being in overall good health |