URBS 359 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Food Choice, Overconsumption, Breadbasket
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Le(cid:272)ture (cid:1005)9: (cid:862)e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal fa(cid:272)tors that i(cid:374)(cid:272)rease the food i(cid:374)take a(cid:374)d co(cid:374)su(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) volu(cid:373)e of u(cid:374)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g co(cid:374)su(cid:373)ers(cid:863) Food choice decisions determine what we eat (soup or salad) Food consumption volume decisions determine how much we eat (half a bowl, whole bowl) Environmental factors can increase food consumption volume far more than people may realize. 2 types of environments: eating environment the ambient factors associated with the eating of food but are independent of it i. e. atmospherics, effort of obtaining food, social interactions that occur, distractions that take place. Food environment factors that directly relate to the way food is provided or presented i. e. salie(cid:374)(cid:272)e, stru(cid:272)ture, pa(cid:272)kage or portio(cid:374) size, (cid:449)hether it"s sto(cid:272)kpiled, ho(cid:449) it"s served. Consumption norms and consumption monitoring help explain why some seemingly unrelated environmental factors consistently influence eating behavior in predictable ways. Larger plates suggest it"s oka(cid:455) to eat (cid:373)ore food.
