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Influences on Food Choices

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the customs and beliefs of a racial, religious, or social group.

a)

physiological

b)

Cultural

c)

social

d)

psychological

2.

The development of new ideas that will help to improve other methods for doing tasks.

a)

technological

b)

wellness

c)

media

d)

time

3.

What is an example of an internal influence.

a)

cultural

b)

Economic

c)

media

d)

technological

4.

Influences such as states of life, family schedules, financial resources, knowledge, skills and peer group.

a)

Situational factors (social factors)

b)

physiological

c)

individual

d)

media

5.

Media

a)

Losing a job and attending cooking classes are examples of which type of individual influences on food choices?

b)

Juan chose to meet his friends for pizza instead of eating lunch at home. This most likely demonstrates which type of need?

c)

Influences such as gender, age, wellness and activity levels.

d)

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?

6.

Environmental influences

a)

Food choices based on supply and demand, price and availability.

b)

factors such as air, water, soil, mineral, plant and animal resources.

c)

Eating convenience foods because a person does not know how to cook.

d)

Preparing dinner at home, rather than eating out due to unemployment.

7.

Wellness

a)

Meeting friends for pizza instead of eating lunch at home.

b)

Food choices based on supply and demand, price and availability.

c)

influences that are made by the individual such as physiological, psychological and situational or social.

d)

the state of being in overall good health.

8.

Maria chooses low-sodium foods for her diet because she has hypertension. This is most likely an example of which food choice factor

a)

psychological

b)

Social

c)

Nutrition

d)

media

9.

Psychological influences

a)

influences such as states of life, family schedules, financial resources, knowledge, skills and peer group.

b)

influences such as appetite, emotions, thoughts, stress, and personal likes and dislikes.

c)

influences that come from outside of the individual or family.

d)

food choices based on supply and demand, price and availability.

10.

physiological

a)

influences such as gender, age, wellness and activity levels.

b)

influences such as television, print and the Internet.

c)

influences such as appetite, emotions, thoughts, stress, and personal likes and dislikes.

d)

influences such as states of life, family schedules, financial resources, knowledge, skills and peer group.

11.

Influences such as states of life, family schedules, financial resources, knowledge, skills and peer group.

a)

Situational factors (social factors)

b)

physiological

c)

individual

d)

media