Influences on what you eat

Influences on what you eat

There are many things that can impact the way you eat. Things like Societal influences, family/Whanau, Peers and Personal influences can all affect your eating habits. 

Factors to include are:

• Societal - Societal Influences are things that can change your behavior  or behavior to others intentionally or unintentionally, as a result of the way the changed person perceives themselves in relationship to the influencer, other people and society in general. 

• Family/whanau - Family/Whanau are people that are related to you and how they influence what you eat.  Family can positively and negatively influence your diet. Family is counted as an interpersonal relationship. Families with home cooked and healthy meal are more likely to be more physically active and have a better outlook because they are eating the right foods

• Peers - Your peers are your friends or people outside of your family. Peers can influence your eating habits either positively or negatively. Some young people feel like they have to eat less to fit in or eat foods that everyone else is eating, but often this can cause an unhealthy outlook and stop them from getting the right range of  nutrients. This is not always the case though sometimes your peers can help change your diet from being unhealthy to healthy because of their influence.

• Personal - Personal Influences are what you do that influences what you put into your body.You choose what you put into your body. You choose whether you are putting healthy or unhealthy foods into your body. If you are ingesting unhealthy foods regularly like take outs it can negatively impact your health. Whereas if you eat healthily you can get the right nutrients, vitamins and minerals to help your body function properly.