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Factors affecting food choice - Coggle Diagram
Factors affecting food choice
Lifestyle
If someone works long hours they may not have enough time to have full meals and be healthy.
People with an office job may become more overweight than someone with an active job.
Active people burn more calories then inactive people, which helps them to stay fit.
Personal Choice
Some people may favour certain foods or brands over other things.
People may want to help other people even if it costs them more.
An example of this is fairtrade.
It can also depend how hungry you are and if you have the time to wait for a full meal to be cooked.
Variety
Sometimes people may want to change what they eat or try some different foods to what they normally have.
Health
If you were obese you would have to have low fat foods.
If you have an illness like diabetes or high low blood pressure you may need to eat low/high sugar content foods.
Price and Economics
Some people may not be able to afford the more expensive brands.
Some brands are more expensive than other brands.
If there is an economic crisis you may have to cut back on spending on foods.
Environmental
Examples are foods that support the rainforests.
If you are conscious of the environment you may want to buy foods that are more sustainable
Family Influence
Your mum might just buy the cheapest option when she does her weekly shop
If your family is vegan, then you are more likely to consider becoming vegan
If your family is a certain religion then chances are you are going to be the same, which will affect the foods you eat.
Seasons
An example is strawberries.
Not all foods are available in all seasons normally.
Having all foods all year round means that you can have as much of them as you want, which is bad if they are unhealthy, but good if they are healthy.
Religion
People of the Jewish religion cannot eat pork or shellfish.
Alcohol is considered prohibited in the Muslim religion
Some religions cannot eat certain foods.
Buddhists are mostly vegetarian.
Brand
Sometimes if a food is from a particular brand people are more likely to buy it even if it is basically the same thing as a cheaper unbranded food.
Allergies
Some examples are gluten or milk allergies.
You can be allergic to some foods, which means you have to make different food choices.
Marketing/ Advertising
If the packaging of an item looks high quality, you are more likely to buy it.
The media can have a large impact on food choices.
Adverts can expose people to new foods.
If the media promotes a brand as healthy, people are likely to believe them, even if it is not.
Food shortages
This means they may have to get something else.
At the moment there is shortages of food so that means that people might not be able to get food as easily as they could before.