cultural influence A01 and A03

Question 1

A01 Media effects Maclntyre et al found what?

Answer 1

found media has big impact on what people eat and attitude to certain foods
But researchers also say eating behaviour is limited by personal circumstance e.g. income, age, family, circumstance

Question 2

A01 Media effects- basically what and example?

Answer 2

Appear to learn about healthy eating from media but in the boarder context of lives must be placed

BBC “sugar rush” Jamie Oliver 2015- inform public too much sugar in our food

Question 3

A01 The context of meals - what has increased in the US and UK?

Answer 3

US and UK “grazing” rather than meal eating convenience food increase

Question 4

A01 The context of meals- what has been learnt TA?

Answer 4

Learn takeaway meals as a way of feeding themselves

Question 5

A01 The context of meals- Maguire e al found what?

Answer 5

number of takeaway food increased 45% last 18 years, higher in deprived areas higher rise

Question 6

A01 The context of meals- Gilman et al found what?

Answer 6

found decrease family meal in west, young parents eat whilst watching tv, meals in front of the TV associated with greater consumption of pizza, salty snacks decrease in fruit and veg

Question 7

A01 The context of meals- “informally” eating is what?

Answer 7

learned preference for quick prepared snack food instead of elaborate meals and parents do it as kids usually eat without complaint

Question 8

A03 Research into media influences- Boyland and Halford supportive evidence showed what?

Answer 8

exposure to food adverts on tv influences preference and actual food intake in kids

Question 9

A03 Research into media influences- Boyland and Halford however point

Answer 9

But influences children of different eight stats in different ways – the increase fat, sale and sugar more likely overweight and obese children

Question 10

A03 Research into media influences- who is most effected?

Answer 10

Kids who had greatest preference for high carbohydrate and increase fat food also the ones wanted tv most

Question 11

A03 RWA- Cairns et al tv dominate for what?

Answer 11

tv main dominate media for kids exposure to food marketing- most unhealthy food

Question 12

A03 RWA- what have countries done? example?

Answer 12

Countries develop regulations concerning unhealthy food to kids or reduce effects on kids

e.g. promoted characters and offers or making nutritional health claims to prefer food to kid via tv restricted by some government in countries

Question 13

A03- Research into food preference and the food environment Chen and Yang did what?

Answer 13

looked at local food environments and people Studied tweets over 5 week days in Colombus, Ohio analysed for evidence of food activities- shopping increases quality food strong or fast food dinning and quality of food choices made

Question 14

A03- Research into food preference and the food environment Chen and Yang found what?

Answer 14

Significance of healthy food choices and number of grocery store but no association with number of fast food at least and healthy not unhealthy food choices

Question 15

A03 cultural influence overall

Answer 15

Cultural influences does have effect on learned food habits but people can resist development of unhealthy habits alternatives available (healthy)