...Food choices are influenced by many factors, age, gender, friends, family, cultural background and where we live. But the main purpose of food is to nourish the body. There are a lot of factors to consider when making our food choices. The three most important factors are: * How the food is grown * Where the food is grown * Income The way food is grown influences how we make our food choices. Advertisement is commonly used to inform customers of how food is grown (NCBI 199) Advertising agents spend billions of dollars on advertising and packaging in order to capture the interest of the consumer. They use the power of persuasion to make whatever it is they are advertising very appealing, even if it means lying to customers. The advertising agents may advertise that the food had no preservatives or chemicals but in fact they do. As customers we believe what is said in the media and on the packaging because we expect the truth to be told. Some foods may be labelled locally grown, yet in actual fact the food has been imported from overseas or a different state. It’s important to consider how food is grown when making food choices. Most food nowadays is filled with a variety of chemicals to make the particular food grow at a rapid rate. An example would be chicken. Chickens are pumped with growth hormones for rapid growth so that the amount of chickens produced can meet the demands of consumers. However the media persists that the rapid growth of chicken is normal and...
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...Looking at two College/University in Texas and New York, we can see that Texas and New York are heavily influenced by Hispanic food choices because they are two of the states in the US that have the most Hispanic population. The list of food menus at University of Houston (UH) in Texas provided by The Fresh Food Company and dinning services weekly menu at Yeshiva University in New York serve many culturally diverse food choices. According to UH Menu Commitments (2016), they “proud to serve culturally diverse menus, featuring traditional favorites, ethnic dishes, and international flavors” to meet students’ diet choices. These two regions of food menus provide adequate nutrients such as proteins, vitamins, mineral, and carbohydrates to maintain...
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...Factors That Affect Our Food Choices. A group of friends goes out for lunch every Friday night. A Worker who is asked to explain why hot dogs are his favorite food says it has something to do with going to baseball game with his father. Student from china feels dissatisfied unless he eats a bowl of rice daily. Or a parent punishes a child for misbehaving by withholding ice-cream. What do these people have in common? They are all using food for something other than its nutrients value. Can you think of the holiday that isn’t celebrated with food? For most us food is worth more than a combination of nutrients it’s about the flavorsome, sweetness, celebration, joy-some all though there are a lot of factors that affect what we choose to consume especially in present time’s factors that affects person ability to make their food choices include, e.g. marketing and promotion of food products, economic status of the family, Comfort-or-discomfort of food towards the person, and we need to consider these factors when making our food choices. Firstly the most persuasive and influential factor that we need to consider when making food choices is marketing and promotion, nowadays advertising companies uses aggressive and deceptive advertising techniques to butter up people into buying their unhealthy and poor quality products which are high-fat and high-sugar. In a survey carried outside the market place found that around 70 percent of the consumer decides, what to buy while shopping at...
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...Although choosing what food to eat it is not often viewed as more than an everyday mundane decision, the concept of food choice is ‘multifaceted, situational, dynamic, and complex’ (Sobal and Bisogni 2009, 38). We live in a society where the mass production of food has led to an extremely wide variety of choice in the foods we eat (Germov and Williams 2008, 10). Therefore, it is important that we understand the reasons for which we choose the food we eat, and to have an insight into the factors which dictate our food choices. There are three main factors which should be considered when making our food choices; biological determinants, economic and physical determinants and social determinants. These three broad factors will be discussed in relation to determining our personal food choice. The biological determinants include physiological factors of the food itself, as well as our own personal hunger. Humans need energy and nutrients in order to survive and therefore the body’s physiological processes create a sensation of hunger and a subsequent need for food. Satiation occurs as food is being eaten which leads to satiety where food is no longer needed to be consumed (Bellisle 2005, par 4-7). The different nutrients in our foods cause the satiation process to vary in effectiveness. ‘Fat has the lowest satiating power, carbohydrates have an intermediate effect and protein has been found to be the most satiating’ (Stubbs et al. 1996, 409). Hunger and satiety therefore play a...
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...overweight or obese children and adults in the population has increased while the numbers of lifestyle-related deaths have also increased. As Webb and Whitney (2008) argue, consumers today value convenience so highly that they are willing to spend over half of their food budget on meals that require little or no preparation. They regularly eat out, bring home ready-to-eat meals, or have food delivered. This trend is mainly influenced by the media which promotes such behaviors through commercials and popular programs and movies. The media is a major source of information and misinformation on nutritional sources. The media through advertising promotes unhealthy foods rich in sugars, fat, salt as the ideal food choices. According to Fettling, members of the public are regularly bombarded by messages about food in all forms of media: television, the internet, radio, newspapers, and magazines. Many of these messages revolve around food manufacturers marketing their products in the hope that the public will buy them. The manufacturers use very clever techniques such as jingles and claims about a food's special properties. Manufacturers spend a lot of money on advertising because it is a very effective influence on the food choices of viewers (Fettling 2005, 36). The effect of this advertising is very damaging on children and teenagers. This is firstly because children to do not understand that advertising is not necessarily meant to market a good product but might, instead, be intended...
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...Which is the better choice Fresh, Frozen, or Canned foods? Healthy eating, daily exercise, and keeping a healthy weight is most important of someone who is health conscious and cares about there body and well being. Making healthy food choices can be difficult in today's world. Additions in the food industry and how our food is prepared and packaged have changed dramatically. Anyone who goes to the supermarket now has the option to purchase canned, frozen, or fresh foods. So which one do we choose? Each of these options vary in different nutritional value, taste, and health risks. It is important to know what we consuming and what may be a health risk and what may not be. I will never forget the time when I tasted vegetables that were freshly picked from mothers garden how delicious they were. The taste, colors, and how they looked, at young age, would set a standard of the quality of food that I would choose to eat for the rest of my life. I did at sometime had the chance to try canned vegetables but I was not pleased. Comparing those fresh delicious vegetables to the taste of a canned vegetable that was probably sitting in that can full of water and oil for who knows how long, was incomparable. The look of the canned was simply unattractive, old, wet and squishy. Comparing that to the bright color, snappish texture, and overall taste of a fresh vegetable was incomparable. But having to choose from fresh, frozen, or canned can be confusing for some people and knowing...
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...Have you ever thought about why you are addicted to a certain type of food or treat? Most Americans in the United States are addicted to many types of fast food or restaurants, and if you are to, don’t worry it’s not your fault. So this gets us to the main question. How do fast food marketers target children? According to an important source called “the myth of choice: how junk food marketers target our children” fast food managers or marketers target children like me and you by placing ads about “delicious” fast food companies like McDonalds. Think of this, every time you see a fast food restaurant commercial on television, the food on the commercial looks super good. This is how the grab your attention and make you buy the product they sell....
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...Naomi 9 July 2014 What are three main factors we should consider when making our food choices? Food choice? What decides what we eat? Some people think that taste alone is the deciding factor for what they eat. Is this so? In reality, there are a lot of things to consider first, for example a persons religion, is it healthy, and can I afford it. So really “what to eat” is more of a cautious and conscious decision than a random one. Let us talk a little bit more about the choices that we make consciously and subconsciously regarding our food. The first factor we are going to consider is religion. When deciding food possibilities, Religion, along with culture, plays a big role in making the decision for what people are allowed to eat. In some countries and for some people it’s alright to eat beef, but for other people eating meat from a cow is a sin. Cultural and religious beliefs differ from one religion to another depending on the belief structure. Take Christianity for example, some Christians, have several feast and fast days during a year, and may fast from meat on particular days. Another example is the jewish religion, which has very structured dietary obligations. During the Passover feast every year jews are not allowed to eat bread containing yeast (leven) amongst other restrictions. In the Islamic religion all meat must be “HALAL” in other words, meat slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah. This is a small example of how religion can...
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...Immigration impact on food choice in Ireland In my essay on how immigration impacts food choice in Ireland, I will be discussing different advantages and disadvantages of immigration ant its impact on the country. However not only about the food choice, but also on how immigration reflected on eating habits of people living in Ireland as well as the differences between earlier ages when immigration was not a common thing and immigrants did not have a big influence in the country as in nowadays when immigration is spreading all over the world, especially after Europe Union has been created, now immigration has big influence on every aspect in the county, especially in food culture. “Food has many roles to play for consumers: it is functional (sustaining life); it plays a key role in our celebrations; it is a conduit for socializing; it is entertaining; it is sensuous and sensual; and it is a way of experiencing new cultures and countries”. (R. Michel & C. Hall, 2003, pg 60). In these days we hardly can imagine our life without different foreign cousins, like for example Chinese, Indian, French, Italian and etc... But we hardly ever think how and why we have such a big variety of food nowadays, and mainly it is because of immigration. As we all already know from media and newspapers that since Ireland became a member of Europe union back in 2002 immigration start growing really fast. For example according to the European magazine that already in 2005 it was estimated...
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...TRL 300 45 SHORT ANSWERS 1. Explain how demand and supply work? * Demand is the willingness and ability of buyers to purchase a product or service. Supply is the willingness and ability of producers to offer a good service for sale. 2. Identify and explain the 4 basic degrees of competition? * Perfect competition- Has many small sellers The product is basically identical Relatively easy to enter the industry Individual firms have no control over price The buyer will purchase from the lowest price source * Monopolistic competition-Has few to many sellers The product is seen as unique by some buyers, but not necessarily all A differentiated brand provides the firm with some control over pricing * Oligopoly-A few large suppliers dominate the market High barriers to entry The products are seen as similar; no supplier has an edge Each supplier knows what the others are charging Prices gravitate towards a common “market price” * Monopoly-one producer and source of supply unique product complete control over price no competitors 3. What are profits? Why are they important? * A profit is what remains after a business’s expenses have been subtracted from its revenues. * Rewards the owners of businesses for taking the risks involved in investing their time and money. 4. What’s the formula of businesses making money? * Revenue-Expenses=profit 5. What is outsourcing? Give 3 advantages. * paying suppliers & distributors...
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...FACTORS OF CAREER CHOICES AS DETERMINED BY EXTERNAL MILIEUS A Micro Research Paper Arabia, Lord Mark Anthony M. Villones, Wilson C. ED 4 Educational Research and Evaluation Masilang, Judy Marcia M. 22 March 2012 THE RESEARCH PROBLEM Career choice is an ongoing process, needs in-depth study, and requires much thought as it a decision that affects your future. As you learn new things you get an understanding of what you are interested in, what you would enjoy doing and what will be one of the best paying options. Career planning is a never-ending process as you gain experiences, grow, and improve. You need to give it a thought (Koonar, 2009). And there would always be a time that students will definitely begin to discern their future career. When the students reached this point, they now start to solicit ideas of what course to be selected as an embodiment of their future career. However, though most of them solicit ideas from the people who are learned in a particular discerning situation, they usually end up selecting their own choices (Polistico, 2009). When they fail to choose what their hearts desire, then would most likely shift course and end up the college level doubling the time intended for the particular course. The purpose of the study is to determine if career choice is really determined by the external milieus to which the students used to live. Furthermore, it seeks primarily to explore the extent of how these external factors could predict students’...
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...much choice do we really have when we want to purchase goods? Choice is something most people just assume they have when they are picking their cable company, choosing a bank, or even walking through your local food mart. The goal of this essay is to show that while at first glance choices may seem endless, but when you do a small amount of research you can quickly realize that most brands link back to the same parent company. The majority of foods, drinks, and health products we buy trace their way back to 10 major corporations. Society today has this false idea that they have a choice in what they buy at the grocery store. For example you may not like large soda companies and decide to not buy their products. But if you buy bottled water, sports drinks, energy drinks, or fruit juice chances are you are buying a brand from a soda producing parent company. Most retailers charge a fee to get products on the most visible shelves which keeps small companies away from your line of sight. This is because large consumer good companies have a special relationship with retailers. Like an “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine ideology”. Many of the products that you see on store shelves are direct competitors that are linked to the same company. “ConAgra sells six varieties of popcorn” (http://www.alternet.org/food/how-big-food-creates-illusion-choice-supermarket). Different brands of products is a ploy that most parent companies use to help give you a false idea of choice. This...
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...Part Five, Delimitation of the Study, specifies the scope and coverage of the study. Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study “After college, what’s next?” It is the foremost question faced by college students especially the 4th year graduating students. The students are still confused on where, when and what job to apply after graduation. The great part of an individual’s life is spent in his career or vocation and usually satisfaction is made through his occupation or career. His ability to make something work or valuable contribution to his society by success or achievements. Education is a continuous process. It begins at the cradle and ends at the grave. Therefore, careful and wise choice of career is a necessity to our students today, because a wrong choice of a career sometimes results in misplacement, unemployment, and dissatisfaction. Work produces satisfaction. It should be congenital to the...
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...along with it, and the choices and ideas of the “perfect vacation” are as varied as the people who dream about them. Some fantasize about lazing on a warm, sunny beach with soft ocean breezes and a cold exotic drink at their side. Some dream of forests and wildlife, cool running streams, and fresh mountain air that is thick with the scent of pine. There are those whose ideas of the perfect dream vacation involves the thrill of stock car racing mixed with the roar of the crowd, the smell of fuel and hot asphalt that's mingled with the smell of hot dogs and fries from the concession stand, and the heart stopping excitement of mishaps on the track. So what is my idea of the perfect dream vacation? It's simple. It's the place where there are no crowds, everything is familiar, the food is prepared to my specific taste, and the bed is my own. For me, there is no place like home. With a little forethought and planning, even home can be turned in to a dream vacation getaway. A leisurely breakfast is the perfect way to start each vacation day. A plate of fresh fruits, fluffy scrambled eggs, toast with butter, and a cup of hot coffee is sure to chase away that sleepy feeling and energize you for the day ahead. Maybe your favorite breakfast includes a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice, or a bagel with cream cheese and a cup of tea. Perhaps, while on vacation, you would like to try something new and different. Whatever your choice, be sure to take the...
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...Dietrich Day As a civil defense committee member appointed by the President, we find ourselves in a serious and rather challenging situation on our hands. Our great nation is now in a major conflict that will affect the lives of many. Our position of decision making for the future of our nation lies in what few will be saved and those that will be sacrificed. As we the committee, finalize our choice, we find the difficulty in our selection strenuous. However, we feel that these chosen few will help re-create a new and better society for us all. Un-judged eyes We as a nation must understand that no matter who we are, or what we look like, we are all the same on the inside. We all bleed the same color. That being said, we must also help each other no matter what in times of need in life saving situations as major of a caliper as this. That being said, the committee believes that health is a major factor in the rebuilding and the survival of what will be our new society. We understand the pressure is great but we believe that the 36 year-old female physician will be a perfect choice for this case. We know that her knowledge and experience in saving lives is a great asset to the survival for generations to come. We are all different. With that are unwelcomed feelings and emotions. Everyone has their own opinions and ideas of how people outside of their own kind are or think they are. However, what is happening now and what is needed to make a better tomorrow goes beyond the...
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