Demographic and Socioeconomic are important factors that influences food choices. With a little research, according to the article “Unhealthy eating habits begin as early as Infancy; formula feeding, junk food should be avoided at all costs”, by Samantha Olson: “Researchers analyzed the eating patterns of 1,555 infants between 6 and 12 months old, and found foreshadowing in what their …show more content…
Personally I think men and women choose to eat total opposites foods for many reasons. Men tend to eat hard foods like hamburger, hotdogs, steak and etc. It is considered to be masculine to eat these kind of foods. The portion of food that a man puts on his plate and in his stomach also plays a big factor in conversation. These foods are to help a man put on weight to look and feel masculine. If a man is seen eating only small portions of salads, diet snacks, and eating only baked foods he will most likely be judged. Women on the other hand tend to eat things like baked chicken, baked fish, yogurt and etc. pretty much anything that is considered to be healthy it is put in the category of feminine (ladylike). What do you think a typical food conversation would be like? Probably something like, John: “Ashley, would you like a burger?” Ashley: “No thanks, I’m trying to be healthy this month.” John: “But they are just sliders. They are like mini burgers.” Ashley: “Mini burgers!? They are so tiny!” (Eats 5 of them) Women look at the portion size of food that tempts them to eat foods they usually do not eat. The foods that men and women eat are pretty much socially constructed. Danielle Paquette, says in her article “Why men and Women treat food differently,” “They also served identical muffins in six different types of packaging. One arrived in a “feminine” exterior, with the word “health” and an image of a ballerina. One, for the men, came with the word “mega” and an illustration of football players. One was meant to appear gender neutral with a pastoral scene and no splashy adjectives. Others mixed up all these qualifiers, pairing “mega” with, say, a ballerina.” Let’s not get it twisted though, I do believe everyone should be able to eat whatever they choose to eat. Whether it is because they want to live a healthy lifestyle, to be big and strong or whatever their desire is when choosing what foods they eat. According to