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Social - the area in which you life, certain people don't have access to supermarkets.
- changes in family structure; more mothers/women are going to work and it is generally thought that they have less time to cook and more microwavable meals are bought.
- the culture, in a Muslim country, halaal meat will be almost the only meat option
Economic - your income; low income means less foods available or you have to buy low budget meals
- Supermarkets are always competing with each other with their prices, so your food choices may be cheaper, but not so much swayed
Psychological - Mass media; eating disorders said to be made more common by the peer pressure put on by skinny role models and the constant flow of quick fix diets offered daily in magazines and newspapers.
- Constant adverts telling you that your body needs the product to remain healthy (i.e. certain bacterial yoghurts)
- bullying; to be fat can be hard for some people and so this may result in dieting and may lead to an obsession with controlling their weight (e.g. Anorexia)
Hopes this helps
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoPhysiological factors affect food selection by queuing the body into what it needs. If the blood sugar is low, the body might signal a need for sweet foods.
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psychological, technological, social, geographical, economic and physiological. wow year near food teach really does help ;) actually, its physical, psychological, social, economical, religion, culture, geographical, and sensory . nice try though, you had a few right :)
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