FNI Unit 1: Food Influences, Nutrition, Weight Management

Maria chooses low-sodium foods for her diet because she has

hypertension (high blood pressure). This is most likely an example of which food choice factor?

• Comfort

• Entertainment

• Enjoyment

• Nutrition

Jason chooses to buy Siracha hot sauce, because it is a popular condiment among his friends. This is most likely an example of which factor affecting food choices?

• Family Schedules

• Social

• Knowledge & Skills

• Stages of Life

A downtown Charlotte neighborhood is planning to grow a vegetable garden in a vacant city lot. The lot will provide low-cost, healthy food to nearby residents. This is most likely an illustration of what two types of external influences on food choices?

• Economic and technological

• Media and environmental

• Environmental and economic

• Technological and media

Picking a certain brand of bottled water because a celebrity is drinking it in an advertisement is most likely an illustration of what type of external food influence?

• Economic

• Media

• Environmental

• Technological

A family is choosing to prepare dinner at home rather than go out to a restaurant, because a parent just became unemployed. This most likely demonstrates which type of need?

• Economic

• Hunger

• Emotional

• Intellectual

You are scrolling through Instagram one rainy afternoon and come across a sponsored post from Panera about their new chili dish. This makes you crave Panera so much that you call up a friend and go there for dinner. What kind of external influence is this?

• Technological

• Media

• Econmoic

• Environmental

You are at the grocery store to buy cereal for the week. You come across a new type of Cheerios which scientists have fortified and enriched with many essential vitamins and minerals. You decide to buy this cereal, because it's healthier! What kind of influence is this?

• Technological

• Economic

• Environmental

• Media

Going to a dinner show (such as Dixie Stampede or Medieval Times) is an example of what kind of food choice?

• Emotional

• Entertaiment

• Wellness

• Adventure

Which statement is an example of a good dietary recommendation?

• Burn more calories than you consume.

• Gradually increase calories consumed.

• Burn fewer calories than one consumes.

• Gradually decrease calories burned.

Which of the sources below is a credible source or science-based nutrition information that you can safely follow for health and wellness?

• MyPlate.gov

• The Atkins Diet

• Wikipedia

• The National Inquirer