LO1 - Trends in food consumption
- Created by: MeganM24
- Created on: 18-09-24 23:00
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- Trends in Food Consumption
- Social Change
- Breakfast consumption is low
- Increased snacking and grazing throughout the day.
- More meals and snacks consumed daily
- More money spent on alcohol and processed foods
- More people eat and drink socially - 30% of meals are eaten away from the home
- These meals are often HFSS
- Cooking programs on TV cause an increase of people baking at home
- These shows do not always promote healthy eating
- Breakfast consumption is low
- Employment
- Parents in full time employment prepare fewer family meals
- People in dual income households have less healthy diets
- The increase of females in employment has a direct correlation to the amount of convenience foods purchased
- This is due to families following the traditional role of the female preparing all the meals
- Shift patterns have resulted in more meals being reheated
- More HFSS meals and snacks are consumed as they are quick to reheat
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- Leisure Patterns
- Almost all homes have at least one TV set
- Mass media consumption
- Adults spend 6hrs a day engaged in sedentary pursuits
- Foreign meals can be bought as processed foods and ready meals
- Alcohol consumption is seen as a normal part of relaxation
- Time spent increasingly indoors due to lack of access to green spaces and safety concerns
- Increase in travel for leisure, resulting in higher calorie and higher alcohol consumption
- Social activities are sedentary
- Almost all homes have at least one TV set
- Demographics
- More single households
- Composed of students, elderly and single adults
- More convenience foods and 'meals for one' are available
- Composed of students, elderly and single adults
- More people eat outside the home and there is more snacking of HFSS foods
- Fast foods outlets and deli counters open 24/7 making HFSS foods easily accessible and readily available
- More single households
- Social Change
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