Irish Diet Flashcards
What are the healthy eating guidelines?
Eat more fruit, vegetables, and fiber.
Eat less sugar, salt, and saturated fat.
List contemporary trends in eating habits.
- Home-cooking increasing in lockdown.
- Vegetarianism.
- Becoming more nutritionally conscious.
- Eating less salt and sugar in diet.
- Increase in fast food.
- Increase in people shopping in Lidl/Aldi.
Why are 1/4 of Irish people obese?
Eating larger portions, e.g., chips.
Reduced activity, e.g., cars.
Lack of knowledge.
Why are people not eating enough fiber?
Lack of knowledge.
Eating white starchy food.
Why are people consuming too much salt?
Adding unnecessary salt to food.
Eating convenience food, e.g., tinned soup.
Why are Irish people eating more sugar, high salt, and high-fat snacks?
Lack of knowledge on how they affect them.
Poor, no money.
Adding sugar to tea.
Why are people eating more fruit and vegetables?
Easy to incorporate, e.g., smoothies.
2 for £5 in Supervalu.
Lowers blood pressure.
Wide variety.
Why are people eating less saturated fat?
Fast food offers grilled chicken.
Aware of implications, e.g., CHD and clogged arteries.
