Role Of Learning In Food Prefernecs Flashcards
Why are our parent our social influence
Mothers are food providers and keepers of our food
Mother food choices will affect the food preferences of a child
How would the mothers diet directly affect the child -correlation
If the mother has a like for consuming healthy food they control the food and portion size the child eats so the child will eat healthy too
They will control the portion sizes
So positive correlation between mothers and children’s diet
How do peers affect our eating behaviour
The behaviour of the same sex peers or ages. Have a powerful influence
Identifying with peers resulting behaviour likely to imitate their peers and also influenced by vicarious reinforcement
How are what we eat affected by context and culture
Learned what is considered as a proper meal with meat and vegetable not just junk food
The food we eat is influenced where we eat it if we were in a cinema we would eat junk food however if we are at a gym we may eat salad
What did Gillian found
As family meal times decreased and eating in front of the tv increased
Children were more likely to consumed pre packaged meals and pizza rather than veg
What is the research support by peer influence
Olivia found a positive correlation between mothers food and her pre school child’s
What does this shows
Mother is the gate keeper of our eating behaviour and they have an influence on our eating presence
This has led to practical application as the increase in child obesity rates need to be addressed by targeting and advising patent especially mothers in how to nutritional feed children
