Food in Your Life

1. Food in Your Life Chapter 36

2. Nutrition • The way the body uses food • Hunger = body’s physical signal that it needs food

3. Emotional Needs • Feel urge to eat when aren’t hungry • May connect certain food with being loved • Given food when sick • May eat when sad or depressed • Be aware of why you eat to avoid unhealthy eating plans

4. Social Needs • Combine food with company of friends • Plays a role in maintaining social traditions

5. Food Associated with Countries • Great Britain • Roast beef, fish and chips • France • Crepes, bouillabaisse

6. Germany • Sauerbrauten, sauerkraut • Italy • Antipasto, spumoni, pasta • Norway and Sweden • Herring, lingonberries

7. Lebanon • Kibe, baklava • India • curry • China • Stir fries

8. Japan • Sushi, tempura • Jamaica • Rice and beans, plantains

9. Social Influences • Regional traditions • Inuit lack a growing season and are meat eaters • U.S. has a wider variety and so is our food • Effective system for shipping foods

10. Regions of U.S. • Texas = barbecues • New England = clam chowder • Louisiana = gumbo

11. Cultural & Ethnic Background • U.S. nation of immigrants • Foods from many cultural and ethnic groups

12. Religious Customs • Special foods on religious holidays • Example Lamb at Passover • Eggs at Easter

13. Family • Develop eating habits unique to them • Certain meals on certain days • Combine certain foods

14. Friends • Introduces you to new foods • Strong influence by the family eating patterns that were used when you were young

15. Media • Frequently the subject in newspapers and magazines

16. Personal Influence • 1. Lifestyle • Work late –simpler dinners • Work part time—may not eat with family • 2. Personal Taste • May love fish, can’t eat spicy foods • Prefer crunchy veggies and not cooked • Been sick when eaten a food and may not eat it anymore

17. 3. Physical changes/medical conditions • Allergies limit your choice • During a growth period you may eat more of one kind of food

18. Eating Habits • 1. Analyze your own habits • Keep a food diary

19. 2. Good and bad habits • Develop good habits over bad • Takes time to develop good eating plans

20. Food Diary • After examining a food diary, you may find you are eating too many unhealthy snacks. • What can you do to change that?

21. Some parents show love or reward to children by giving them sweets or snack foods. As a result, many people turn to these foods when they want to reward or feel good about themselves.

22. What problems can this habit lead to??? • What might e a better way for parents to show their love and approval??? • How else can people reward themselves besides eating favorite foods??

23. Food for Thought • Think of 5 foods which you eat regularly. • Why do you like the food? • Taste, family favorite????

24. Emotional = having a second piece of your favorite pie, consoling yourself because your sad Social = sharing snacks with friends, sharing a special meal with your family Physical =eating before an athletic event, eating when your stomach growls

25. Friends/Family Learning how to make Grandma’s special breads Tasting a friends special family recipe Lifestyle Eating light before a big game

26. Media Ads make you want to try a new product Regional Ordering fish on the west coast

27. FYI • Sugar originally was an item on a druggists shelf, used to disguise the taste of medicine, and considered a drug itself. Sugar was first sold as candy in about 1200—in sugar-coated almonds, the creation of a French druggist

28. Your Culture, Your Food • Write a paragraph about a traditional food you have in your family. Special occasions or something you have for fun. • Title the page • Date the page • Half a page (its origin, prepared, ingredients, who prepares

29. Activity • Find food ads from magazines and newspapers and bring them to class and discuss why they are appealing and what atmosphere are they shown in