CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
Nutritional Status of People
For thousandths of years our lives have hinged on our ability to find sufficient food for survival. While the world can produce enough food for every human being, there are still individuals who are literally starving to death.
Factors Influencing Food Choice
1. Food availability
You can only choose what to eat from the foods that are available to you. There are a number of factors that influence the types of foods available on the market: agricultural factors, imports, ease of transportation, available food manufacturing facilities and technology.
The marketplace provides an environment where food is displayed for sale.
2. Food acceptability
Foods may be readily available to consumers, but the final decision about what foods to eat is based upon what each individual considers to be acceptable.
3. Knowledge of nutrition
Whether the choice of food available for selection is limited or infinite, the individual’s knowledge of nutrition will also determine if the right choice have been made in relation to good health.
What is Nutrition?
A word that comes from the Latin word nutrire, meaning ‘to nourish’ or ‘feed’.
It’s about how and why we eat food, how our bodies digest and utilize food, how food affects our metabolism and how we dispose of bodily waste products.
The study of nutrition also involves the nutritional requirements of each individual and the consequences to health when too much or too little of each nutrient is consumed.
Nutrients are chemical substances that are present if foods.
Nutrional Guidelines for Pilipinos
Educating the public to make proper food choices that are appropriate in the cultural, economic, social and environmental conditions that exist has always been a difficult task and continues to be a challenge.
Nutrition education still remains as the cornerstone to improving the nutritional status of the population in the long term.
Disseminating simple and
Nutritional Status of People
For thousandths of years our lives have hinged on our ability to find sufficient food for survival. While the world can produce enough food for every human being, there are still individuals who are literally starving to death.
Factors Influencing Food Choice
1. Food availability
You can only choose what to eat from the foods that are available to you. There are a number of factors that influence the types of foods available on the market: agricultural factors, imports, ease of transportation, available food manufacturing facilities and technology.
The marketplace provides an environment where food is displayed for sale.
2. Food acceptability
Foods may be readily available to consumers, but the final decision about what foods to eat is based upon what each individual considers to be acceptable.
3. Knowledge of nutrition
Whether the choice of food available for selection is limited or infinite, the individual’s knowledge of nutrition will also determine if the right choice have been made in relation to good health.
What is Nutrition?
A word that comes from the Latin word nutrire, meaning ‘to nourish’ or ‘feed’.
It’s about how and why we eat food, how our bodies digest and utilize food, how food affects our metabolism and how we dispose of bodily waste products.
The study of nutrition also involves the nutritional requirements of each individual and the consequences to health when too much or too little of each nutrient is consumed.
Nutrients are chemical substances that are present if foods.
Nutrional Guidelines for Pilipinos
Educating the public to make proper food choices that are appropriate in the cultural, economic, social and environmental conditions that exist has always been a difficult task and continues to be a challenge.
Nutrition education still remains as the cornerstone to improving the nutritional status of the population in the long term.
Disseminating simple and