Discuss the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet.

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Factors Influencing Food Selection
Fundamental NTR 300

Dr. Lorna Shepherd

Ed.D, R.D, L.D/N

Factors Influencing Food Selection

  • Flavor
  • Demographics
  • Culture and religion
  • Health
  • Social and emotional
  • Other
  • Cost, convenience, nutrition
  • Food industry and media

Flavor

  • Appearance
  • Smell
  • Taste
  • Texture
  • Temperature

Demographics

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Educational level
  • Income

Culture and Religion

  • Culture
  • Behavior and beliefs of a certain social, ethnic or age group
  • Religion
  • Judaism
  • Roman Catholicism
  • Mormonism
  • Seventh-Day Adventist
  • Islam
  • Hinduism
  • Buddism

Health

  • Over weight
  • Illness prevention
  • Chronic illness
  • DM
  • HTN
  • CVD

Social and Emotional

  • Social situations
  • Peer pressure
  • Eating at restaurants
  • Emotions
  • Depression
  • Childhood memories
  • Comfort foods

Environmental Concerns

  • Pesticides
  • Organic
  • Sustainable
  • Humane

Food Industry and Media

  • Advertising
  • Reporting of nutrition/health studies

Life Cycle

  • Pregnancy/lactation
  • Infancy
  • Childhood
  • Adolesence
  • Aging