Factors affecting food choice | Cooking and nutrition

Starter quiz

True or false? We should drink more when it is hot or when we are active.
- True ✓
- False
Which would you choose to help towards your 5 A DAY?
- potato salad
- cherry cake
- fruit salad ✓
Which of the following can be used to help make better food and drink choices for health?
- 8 tips for healthy eating ✓
- the Eatwell Guide ✓
- food hygiene information
When choosing food, why should we have less of these types of foods: cakes, biscuits, ice cream, crisps, and lemonade?
- They are high in protein and fibre.
- They are low in fat, salt and/ sugars.
- They are high in fat, salt and/or sugars. ✓
Packaged foods have food ______ which can help us make decisions.
- 'labels' ✓
Match the food to the occasion.
- cereals, toast and orange juice
  
  ⇔
  
  breakfast ✓
- sandwiches and birthday cake
  
  ⇔
  
  party ✓
- sandwiches, salad and dips
  
  ⇔
  
  picnic ✓

Which sandwich would you choose if you wanted one lower in fat?
- Sandwich A ✓
- Sandwich B
What might influence what we eat consciously?
- role models
- religion ✓
- advertising
- food preferences ✓
Match the location to the most likely food.
- cafe
  
  ⇔
  
  breakfast, e.g. cereal and toast ✓
- park
  
  ⇔
  
  picnic, e.g. sandwiches ✓
- cinema
  
  ⇔
  
  snack, e.g. popcorn ✓
- party
  
  ⇔
  
  birthday cake ✓
Which allergens are being identified on this label?
- onions
- wheat flour ✓
- celery seeds ✓
- peas
- milk ✓
Food labels can be used to make ______ food choices.
- 'informed' ✓

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There are a range of factors affecting food choice, including preference, religion, health, location, culture and money.
Food choice depends on many personal and lifestyle factors, such as body image and role models, as well advertising.
The eating occasion and location, as well as who we eat with, can change our food choices.
Food labels can be used to make informed food choices, such as nutrition and allergy labelling.
When planning to cook, the time available, cost of ingredients, and food skill experience should be considered.

We only make conscious food choices about what food we buy, cook and eat, based on a range of factors.

We make conscious and unconscious food choices about the food we buy, cook and eat.

Factors - a fact or influence that affects what food people decide to buy, cook and/or eat
Food choice - what food people decide to buy, cook and/or eat
Informed - to make a decision based on having knowledge of a subject