FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Physiological influences: influences such as gender, age, wellness and activity levels. Psychological influences: influences such as appetite, emotions, thoughts, stress, and personal likes and dislikes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Influences such as appetite, emotions and thoughts, stress, personal likes and dislikes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some examples of these influences that contribute to an individual’s food choices include individual factors, such as knowledge, personal taste preference, mood, hunger level, health status, special diet requirements, ethnicity, and personal income.

Detailed explanation-4: -The key driver for eating is of course hunger but what we choose to eat is not determined solely by physiological or nutritional needs. Some of the other factors that influence food choice include: Biological determinants such as hunger, appetite, and taste. Economic determinants such as cost, income, availability.