family- Sociocultural factor for healthy eating among youth

Question 1

how does family act as an enabler for healthy eating among youth?

Answer 1

role modelling
cooking/buying healthy options

Question 2

how is role modelling an enabler for healthy eating?

Answer 2

By parents and caregivers modelling healthy eating practices it makes children more likely to copy the behavior.

Question 3

How is cooking/buying healthy options an enabler for healthy eating?

Answer 3

• providing healthy food encourages young people to eat healthy
• when nutritous meals are provided youth learn to value importance of healthy eating practices

Question 4

how is being shown how to cook from a young age an enabler for healthy eating?

Answer 4

being shown how to cook and prepare meals at home allows youth to do the same in the future

Question 5

how is role modelling a barrier for healthy eating?

Answer 5

-consistently modelling poor eating practices by consuming energy-dense foods with high sugar content making it easy for young people to copy

Question 6

how is buying unhealthy food a barrier for healthy eating

Answer 6

eating out and making unhealthy food choices influence young people to do the same