Sustainable Nutrition 3

Question 1

What are the sustainable food guidelines for NZ?

Answer 1

Eat plants, legumes/eggs, reduce meat, particularly beef and lamb, eat sustainable seafood, drink tap water, reduce processed foods, reduce waste/packaging

Question 2

What factors affect food choice?

Answer 2

Biological determinants such as hunger, appetite and taste, economic determinants such as cost, income and availability, physical determinants such as access, education, skills and time, social determinants such as culture, family, peers and meal patterns, psychological determinants such as mood, stress and guilt and attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about food

Question 3

Culture vs ethnicity

Answer 3

Culture is socially acquired, comprises habits, values, art, music, beliefs, knowledge etc.
Ethnicity is biologically inherited, based on common ancestors, social and cultural identity, race, language, motherland etc.

Question 4

What is food sovereignty?

Answer 4

The term ‘food sovereignty’ refers to a food system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control the approach to and means of food production and distribution

Question 5

What is food security?

Answer 5

The ready availability if nutritionally adequate and safe foods, and the assured ability to acquire personally acceptable foods in as socially acceptable way, 40% of Māori households experience food insecurity

Question 6

How are indigenous people important for achieving SDG?

Answer 6

Indigenous peoples are crucial agents of change, whose livelihood practices, traditional knowledge and ways of life are fundamental for combating climate change and realising the ambitious vision of the SDGs