Ood, Society and Culture Critical Socio-Cultural Analyse on Food Consumption and How the Society Is Affected.

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Food, Society and Culture Critical Socio-cultural analyse on food consumption and how the society is affected. Renato Castro BA (Hons) Hospitality and Business Management Food, Society and Culture 1.0 INTRODUCTION The intended of this essay is to critically analysis a range of key socio-cultural that influences and can affects the consumption of food also demonstrate the understandings of this effect on general society. Understanding the determinants key aspects of the human food choice and what can influence these decisions become part essential of this essay and we will follow the determinants above for that: Biological (hunger, appetite, and taste), Economic (cost and income), Physical (access, education, skills and time), Social (class, culture, and social context), Psychological (mood, stress and guilt) and Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about food. Based on the triangle theory mentioned on Warren Belasco book Food- the key concepts (Belasco 2008) people make the decision what to eat based in a kind of negotiation where identity (personal preference, creativity, the idea of who and where you are), convenience (price, availability and time related to energy, labor and skills) and less guided from responsibility (conscientious consumers) influence the importance of food in society in general. Finding some of the key determinants of the human food choice and analyses the social behavior related to this key determinants are the main question of this essay; showing at the conclusion results of the socio-cultural food interaction with society. 2.0 CRITICAL ANALYSIS On humankind history food was always an important part and not just concerned to the body and the physiological aspect of eating conception purely because food isn’t just a fuel for our body it is apart from that an important and fundamental

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