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Activity 1: Week 1
Chapter 1 – answer these questions while/after reading the chapter.
1.Define the terms food and food habits. How does the omnivore’s paradox influence a
person’s food choices and food habits?
Food is anything that is consumed for the purpose of providing nutrition.
Accordingly, “it is any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to maintain life and
growth when ingested”1. How humans and animals consume food is different in that humans
eat while animals feed. Human eating is distinguished from animal feeding by the way
human beings use food. This process of using food; i.e. its acquisition, selection, preparation,
distribution, and eating mannerisms, is called food habits.
Being omnivorous, human beings consume and digest a wide variety of plants and
animal products obtained from designed or wild surroundings. No single plant or animal
product can provide the necessary nutritional value to humans entirely. Accordingly, human
beings have to eat a combination of different foods in order to survive. But because not
everything is edible (some are poisonous and dangerous) humans have to select what they eat
carefully. The omnivore’s paradox is the situation where humans must eat a wide variety of
food but at the same time remain constantly careful not to eat the wrong food. This influences
a person’s food choices and habits because, as expected, most people choose what they
already know. In instance, where they have to try new foods then they might limit the amount
they eat or eat with extreme caution than they do their usual food.
2.List four factors that may influence an individual’s choice of foods. Pick one and
explain how this factor influences food choices.
- Cost
- Taste
- Wellbeing
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Activity 1: Week 1
Chapter 1 – answer these questions while/after reading the chapter.
1.Define the terms food and food habits. How does the omnivore’s paradox influence a
person’s food choices and food habits?
Food is anything that is consumed for the purpose of providing nutrition.
Accordingly, “it is any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to maintain life and
growth when ingested”1. How humans and animals consume food is different in that humans
eat while animals feed. Human eating is distinguished from animal feeding by the way
human beings use food. This process of using food; i.e. its acquisition, selection, preparation,
distribution, and eating mannerisms, is called food habits.
Being omnivorous, human beings consume and digest a wide variety of plants and
animal products obtained from designed or wild surroundings. No single plant or animal
product can provide the necessary nutritional value to humans entirely. Accordingly, human
beings have to eat a combination of different foods in order to survive. But because not
everything is edible (some are poisonous and dangerous) humans have to select what they eat
carefully. The omnivore’s paradox is the situation where humans must eat a wide variety of
food but at the same time remain constantly careful not to eat the wrong food. This influences
a person’s food choices and habits because, as expected, most people choose what they
already know. In instance, where they have to try new foods then they might limit the amount
they eat or eat with extreme caution than they do their usual food.
2.List four factors that may influence an individual’s choice of foods. Pick one and
explain how this factor influences food choices.
- Cost
- Taste
- Wellbeing
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