Technological Developments & Food Availability
Technology that allows food to be produced, stored, or transported more efficiently, increasing access to food.
What is technological development influencing food availability?
The ease with which people can obtain sufficient and nutritious food.
What is food availability?
The physical need for food felt by the body.
What is hunger?
Personal influences such as beliefs, attitudes, and habits that affect food choice.
What are psychological factors?
Places where food is bought, such as supermarkets and online stores.
What is the marketplace?
These techniques allow food to be preserved and produced in large quantities.
What are food processing and manufacturing techniques?
A social factor that limits access to nutritious food due to low income.
What is poverty?
The feeling of fullness that signals when to stop eating.
What is satiety?
Feelings that may lead people to choose comfort foods.
What are emotions?
A factor that determines how much and what quality of food a person can afford.
What is income?
A technology that extends shelf life and reduces food waste by keeping food cold.
What is refrigeration or freezing?
A condition that allows greater access to a wide variety of foods, including imported products.
What is affluence?
Factors such as age and activity level that determine how much energy and nutrients a person needs.
What are nutritional requirements?
Shared customs that influence the types of foods eaten and how they are prepared.
What are traditions and culture?
Skills that influence whether a person cooks from scratch or relies on convenience foods.
What are food preparation skills?
Advances in this area allow fresh food to be available year-round and transported long distances.
What are modern storage and distribution techniques?
Government actions that can lower food prices and encourage food production.
What are government subsidies?
Physical reactions to food such as taste, smell, or allergies that influence food choice.
What are physiological reactions to food?
Factors such as employment, education, and household structure that affect food choices.
What is lifestyle?
Pricing, promotions, and product placement that influence consumer food choices.
What are retail and purchasing practices?
Practices such as global supply chains and online shopping that increase access to a wide range of foods.
What are marketplace practices influenced by technology?
Events or policies that can disrupt food supply chains and reduce access to food.
What are war, embargoes, or export strategies?
A physiological drive to eat that is influenced by the body’s needs and sensory responses to food.
What is appetite?
External influences that shape food attitudes through advertising, trends, and social pressure.
What are peer groups, family, and media?
Factors that combine time, money, and access to resources to influence food selection.
What are occupation, finances, and resource availability?