Identifying some psychosocial factors (culture, age, socioeconomic class, etc.) that contribute to eating behaviors. Next, review this week’s readings that address nutrition labeling on food.
In an essay, address the following:
*Identify psychosocial factors that influence eating behaviors.
*Explain some ways to overcome detrimental factors and enhance beneficial factors you have identified.
*Select a cultural/ethnic/SES/age group and describe the challenges that members of that group might face in understanding how to read a food label correctly.
*Explain the role that the psychosocial factors you have identified possibly play in adhering to good nutritional practices.
