FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Internal influences include: desires, likes, dislikes, personal values, and perceptions of social norms. External influences include: community members, family, culture and traditions, friends, technology, and the media.

Detailed explanation-2: -Environmental factors can also have an influence on our food choices. These are aspects of a setting, atmosphere, or location that influence an individual’s choices. Layout, marketing, climate, weather, price, and availability are examples of environmental factors.

Detailed explanation-3: -influences such as appetite, emotions, thoughts, stress, and personal likes and dislikes.

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.