FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Environmental factors such as weather, time of day, the immediate setting, or advertisements also influence food choices. Restaurants and markets often take advantage of this. For example, a grocery store might put food at eye level to encourage shoppers to purchase it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which is an example of an external influence affecting food choices? Eating pasta the night before a race is most likely an example of which type of individual food choice factors? External factors such as spring flooding and colder-than-normal winters are: environmental influences on food availability and choices.

Detailed explanation-3: -Psychological influences: influences such as appetite, emotions, thoughts, stress, and personal likes and dislikes. Situational factors (social factors): influences such as states of life, family schedules, financial resources, knowledge, skills and peer group.