Discuss research into factors influencing attitudes to food and/or eating behaviour. (8 marks + 16 marks)

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`Attitudes to food and eating behaviour are influenced by a range of factors such as
culture, mood and health concerns.' Discuss research into factors influencing
attitudes to food and/or eating behaviour. (8 marks + 16 marks)

One explanation of our attitudes to food is outlined in the social…

Marco Ball-Albarran




white ethnicities, as opposed to black or Asian.
To test this, Ball and Kennardy studied 14,000 Australian women of different ethnic origins. They
found that the longer the women lived in Australia, the more similar their eating behaviours became,
thereby suggesting that people adopt the beliefs and attitudes…