Why We Eat What We Eat
Bryan Ketchie
External Influences
a. Media -- Commercials, Ads
b. Economics -- The faster the production, the faster we get food.
c. Environmental -- No pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, hormones, or fertilizers made with sewer sludge.
d. Technological -- Improvements of how to eat healthier.
Individual Influences
a. Physiological -- Based on age and what you feel like eating. Also, if you are more active, you will tend to eat more healthy.
b. Psychological -- The better you feel, the better you'll eat. The worse you feel, the worse you'll eat.
c. Personal -- A persons favorite foods, a lot of the times it's what they are raised on.
d. Culture and Customs -- A persons cultural food, for example if a man was Japenese, his cultural food would be Japanese.
e. Tradions -- A food that has been consumed throughout generations.
Healthy Food Choices
a. Dietary Guidlines for Americans