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 * Food Availability & Selection **

Factors Affecting Food Selection
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**Social factors**
– traditions and culture – lifestyle, eg employment(active/sedentary, budget, ), education, household structures, roles, geographic location, interests – social interaction, eg peer group, family hospitality – media
 * including:**

**TASK 1**
1. Write a definition for tradition and give examples. 2. Give two examples of how employment may influence what you eat. 3. Being educated can have a positive influence on our food choices and lead to more informed and nutritious choices. State one example of this. 4. Household structures and roles can have many influences on our food choices. Specific dietary requirements may need to be considered. List two examples of where this may apply. 5. Explain how climate and geographic location can impact on food availability in an area. 6. List two different types of interests that may influence peoples food choices, e.g. taste sensations of different cultural foods. 7. Social interactions with our friends and peers may influence what we eat at that time. Give two examples of this. 8. Watch the following advertisements and list how the media uses persuasive techniques to encourage consumers to buy foods. Often these foods have very little nutritional value.
 * Read pages 32 - 34 from Food Technology In Action and answer the following questions**

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**including:**
– the marketplace (retail and purchasing practices) – resource availability such as food processing equipment and food preparation skills – occupation and finances

TASK 2
Download the following worksheet below.

– hunger, appetite, satiety – nutritional requirements, eg age, gender, size, activity level – reactions to food, eg appearance, odour, taste, allergy
 * Physiological factors**
 * including:**

Hunger is generally related to a lack of food and can cause a feeling of emptiness, weakness or pain. Hunger is controlled by the hypothalamus in the brain, which has a number of functions:
 * 1) controls body temperature
 * 2) regulate appetite, thirst and body fluids
 * 3) induce sleep and wakefulness
 * 4) controls the release of growth and sex hormones
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TASK 3
FTIA pages 21-28 may help you answer some of these questions. 1. How does appetite and satiety differ from hunger? 2. Look at the website embedded below, which is an Australian Government Initiative aimed at educating the public about Health & Nutritional Requirements. Search the website to find out about the Healthy School Canteen Strategy.

media type="custom" key="8351226" 3. Nutritional requirements vary depending on body size, age level of activity and gender. Discuss this statement with relevant examples. 4. Discuss how organoleptic qualities of food (taste, appearance and aroma) impact on our reactions to food.

Groups could include: Vegetarians, athletes, religious groups (muslim, hindu, jewish)
 * Homework:** Analyse the eating patterns of a selected group to identify influences on food selection.

Psychological factors
include: – values, beliefs, habits, attitudes, emotions, self-concept, experiences

TASK 4
Download the following questions to answer.



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Historical changes
– global migration of cultural groups – use of foods native to Australia

**TASK 5**
Download the following document and complete the questions.

Technological Influences on Food Availability
Increasingly technology influences the foods we eat. It applies to many aspects of the food industry including; · Processing techniques eg, sterilisation of canned foods · Tools/Machinery – both domestic and industrial · Storage and distribution systems eg ordering, shipping and distribution o f supermarket items · Production and manufacturing, e.g. mass, batch and one-off production · Resources eg, provision of energy

TASK 6
1. Describe what type of technology was used in the early days of white settlement 2. Explain how technological advance often have a flow on effect. 3. How has technology influenced our eating habits? 4. Why was the availability of electricity significant? 5. How did the Worlds Wars influence technology and food? 6. List 3 uses of plastics in the food industry. 7. Why is it more cost effective and efficient producing goods now than 100 years ago?

Social, Economic and Political Influences
include: – effects of poverty and affluence – type and state of the economy – government policy, eg taxation, embargoes, subsidies, war, export strategies

Click on the following link and answer the following question: [|Food Consumption Patterns] 1. Comment on the consumption patterns for meat, seafood and poultry. Has there been any significant increase or decrease in any of these groups? 2. Discuss the recent consumption patterns for dairy in relation to skim and full fat varieties. 3. Look at the graphs below and outline the recent trends in fruit and vegetable consumption. You can also click on the graph to go directly to the link for further information.


 * **Fruit Consumption Patterns** || **Vegetable Consumption Patterns** ||
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ASSESSMENT TASK 1
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