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Individual identity
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Refers to qualities, beliefs, likes and dislikes that make a person different from others.
-food and food choices play a major role in shaping and expressing a person's identity |
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Emotional role of food and Individual Identity
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Many people believe that food choices are controlled by emotions.
Emotions relate to the mind and are often described as psychological factors or influences. e.g. joy, sorrow, fear, happiness, sadness, stress, boredom. -Can lead to unhealthy eating habits -People can believe that food will satisy their feelings -These factors depend on upbringing, e.g. food as reward and punishment. |
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Social roles of food and individual Identity
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Social roles are the parts people play as members of a social group. E.g. families, peer groups, communities. This can influence food choice.
-Sharing food us an important way to get to know people and to strengthen friendships and provide support to one another Sharing and celebrating with food in families Sharing and celebrating with a peer group Sharing and celebrating with communities |
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Sharing and celebrating with food in families |
Sharing food has an enormous benefits as a way of creating ; Connectedness is linking a family together and creating a family bond. -relax, recharge, laugh, tell stories bout the days ups and downs -family celebrations often surround food |
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Sharing and celebrating with a peer group |
Peers influence food choices -teens often meet up at fast food outlets, affordable, has become part of youth culture, moving away from parent influence -Apps like 'chattable' encourage people to meet up for food and socialize with strangers |
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Sharing and celebrating with communities |
Food can unite and strengthen community bonds and help to maintain and support a common identity among people. -Sharing food encourages contact with others, relationships and engagement -wonderful way to bring people together to celebrate, share, connect, understand and support each other Welcome dinner project aims to connect newly arrived people, immigrants/refugees etc. to others in the community by sharing meals. The Albury-Wadonga community oven community comes to share food in shared oven. A community cultural event helps to develop better understandings of different cultures Food and support of the disadvantaged provides warm meals and opportunities for relationships |
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Body Image |
Is the perception a person has about their physical self and the thoughts and feelings that result from the perception. -impacted by Media -Often unattainable -Comparing self to thers |
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Body image and it impact on health |
Healthy body image = high level of physical and psychological health, easier to cope with daily life, healthier attitudes towards food and exercise. Negative body image = adopt disordered eating habits, e.g. restrictive diets or emotional eating. |
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Restrictive dieting |
People often go on a diet to lose weight or improve self- esteem, although it can cause more problems if they are unable to stick to it, depression and unhappiness. Disordered eating is described as an unhealthy eating pattern that includes restrictive dieting, compulsive eating, comfort or emotional eating or skipping meals. Consequences of restrictive dieting: -The body may not receive sufficient food or nutrients -Body goes into 'survival mode' reducing metabolic rate -Binge occurs -lowered self esteem -cycle begins again |
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Comfort eating |
Comfort eating is recognized as a psychological condition or eating disorder. This condition involves eating a large quantity of food within a short period of time usually over two hours, and feeling a sense of loss of control while eating. -Some people turn to food as a 'buffer' in times of stress. -these people have lost their innate ability to self regulate their hunger and satiety. -Some people over eat when excited or stressed, may not stop until they feel overfull or very uncomfortable. -may feel feelings of guilt and shame and try to hide habits -fatty and sugary food is often used to cope for some people as it releases dopamine, feel good endorphin. Consequences of comfort or emotional eating: -Overweight/obesity leading to osteoarthritis, chronic kidney problems, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke, type 2 diabetes, heart disease. |
