3.2.5

Question 1

Personal Factors: Taste Preferences

Answer 1

People may prefer certain foods, e.g. discretionary foods, preventing them from choosing healthier foods that have more nutritional value, limiting nutritional change.

Question 2

Personal Factors: Health and Wellbeing

Answer 2

People may have dietary restrictions e.g. celiac or lactose intolerant that prevent them from being able to gain the nutritional value from foods such as dairy products or grain products as they have gluten, limiting nutritional change.

Question 3

Sociocultural Factors: Socioeconomic status

Answer 3

Low SES may mean they are unable to afford nutritional foods, which are typically more expensive than energy-dense foods, thus limiting nutritional change.

Low SES may mean they have low education and thus low health literacy, leading to them not understanding the nutritional components of a meal, limiting nutritional change.

Question 4

Sociocultural Factors: Employment status

Answer 4

Many people work long hours, finding it difficult to have the time to prepare and plan nutritious meals, limiting nutritional change.

Question 5

Commercial factors: packaging and labelling

Answer 5

Packaging protects food, and the labelling provides nutritional information such as ingredients and contents, helping consumers make informed decisions. However, these can mislead consumers as labelling can be deceptive and limit nutritional change.

Question 6

Commercial factors: distribution and affordability

Answer 6

Food prices set by retailers are affected by wholesalers’ costs, transport, storage and staffing. So, costs are higher in rural areas, affecting the availability and access to quality nutritional foods, limiting nutritional change.

Question 7

Environmental factors: workplaces

Answer 7

Many people work on the road, e.g. truck drivers, negating the option for a kitchen to prepare nutritional food, making it more convenient to stop along the road at places like service stations which provide discretionary foods, limiting nutritional change.

Question 8

Environmental factors: housing environment

Answer 8

A poor housing environment can have unsanitary and limited food preparation facilities, preventing the opportunity to prepare and cook nutritional meals, limiting nutritional change.