Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition

Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition 3(2+1)

Lesson 2:Factors influencing food intake and food habits

Economic influences on food intake

1. Income influences the variety of foods from which people can choose and also the amount of food that can be purchased from each of the food groups.
2. Low income
• Availability of low cost food
• Foods from cereal – bread groups
• Small amount of milk and milk products
• Meat groups – restricted to few days/ occasion
• Fruit and vegetable groups – limited variety + low cost
3. Liberal income
• Unlimited variety of foods
• Locally produced / imported
• Fresh / processed
• Frequent eating at restaurants