NSCI EXAM 1 questions with correct answers

List the fastest growing ethnic group in the US. Answer Used to be Latinos and is now Asians. State the various symbolic meanings that can be assigned to food. Answer Meanings from relationship, association, or convention—not nutrient content. Ex. associations with bread: staff of life, breaking bread with friends, white bread as upper-class status, whole wheat as valuing health Discuss food choices as cultural identity and what constitutes a meal. Answer A collective identity with food habits associated with religious beliefs or ethnic behaviors1. Example: 1. not eating pork as part of religious affiliation in Muslim or Jewish faith 2. childhood "comfort foods" 3. Exclusion from group: cultural slurs often are the name of food identified with a group 4. Food Etiquette: appropriate use of fooda. Defined by our cultural affiliationb. Manners at home versus those used in public or in a business situation 5. Food symbolism defines status. Champagne, Kobe beef, and truffles suggest wealth. Beans and potatoes are traditionally associated with the poor. Commensalism (who can dine together) regulated within cultures. Relates to status issues and establishing class relationships. Example: men eating separate from women, servants from employers, castes in India Define the classifications of food in the core and complementary foods model. Answer 1. Core foods are the staples eaten on a dail