Food Influences and Supply

Josh once threw up after eating granola bars and now he won't eat them anymore. What is influencing his food choices?

• Past Experiences

• Appetite

• Food Associations

• Health Issues

Your dad has hypertension and has to cut back on Sodium in his diet. What is influencing his food choices?

• Hunger

• Food Associations

• Age

• Health Issues

Jenny is allergic to seafood. What is influencing her food choices?

• Age

• Health Issues

• Hunger

• Taste

When Billy was little his mom made him sit at the table until he ate all his sweet potatoes, now as an adult he doesn't like eating them. What is influencing his food choices?

• Emotions

• Past Experiences

• Comfort Foods

• Health Issues

Roy had a rough day at school and goes home to eat some ice cream while watching Netflix. What is influencing his food choices?

• Past Experiences

• Peers

• Emotions

• Money

Ethan goes home and finds there is nothing he likes for snack in the fridge. He decides to eat an apple since that's all that is available. He asks his mom to buy better snacks. What is influencing his food choices?

• Family

• Peers

• Food availability

• Fad diets

Alexis is going out to lunch with her friends and the decide to go to Five Guys. Alexis doesn't really like burgers, but goes anyways. What is influencing her food choices?

• Family

• Peers

• Media

• Food availability

Every year on his birthday Brett's mom gets him a chocolate chip cookie cake. What is influencing his food choices?

• Fads

• Advertising

• Special Occasions

• Family

A weight loss program that is popular for a period of time and usually focuses on cutting out certain food groups from the diet and is not always effective.

• Advertising

• Fad Diet

• Media

• Peers

Every year Tyler's family makes a fondue dinner on Christmas Eve before opening presents. What is influencing his food choices?

• Religion

• National Origin

• Traditions

• Ethnic Customs