Understanding Influences on Dietary Intake: Case Examples
Unit 21 P3 Explain possible influences on dietary intake
Vicky is a single mother of two boys under 3.
Influences on Vicky’s Dietary Intake
Lifestyle:
The lifestyle Vicky lives affects her dietary intake as she does not enjoy cooking and has the accessibility of dixy chicken next door to her, this can have a long term effect on Vicky as the food she is eating is not natural or healthy. In order for her body to function correctly and for her to live a healthy lifestyle she needs to receive certain vitamins and nutrients that count to the body’s organs for example vitamin C is found in oranges, sodium is found in chicken etc. Vitamin C is good for your immune system helps prevent you from getting sick and Sodium is good for growth and repair in your body.
Economic:
As Vicky is unemployed and only receives £20 for food shopping, the amount she has to spend on shopping limits what she can buy and also what she can eat as she may not be able to afford healthy items such as fruit and vegetables.
Medical Disorder
Vicky having diabetes limits her on foods she can eat, for example if she has diabetes type 2 she will need to eat foods low in fat and sugar due to the fact she has high blood sugar level. Example; fruits, vegetables, bread, nuts
Socio-Cultural:
Following a Rastafarian culture Vicky is very specific on what she can eat and drink. Vicky doesn’t eat pork and does not drink alcohol this can help reduce health risks such as; high cholesterol, kidney failure, heart attacks and liver cancer.
Rae is a single professional female with irritable bowel syndrome
Influences on Rae’s dietary intake
Medical Disorder:
Having irritable bowel syndrome Rae has to be careful with what she eats as eating the wrong things can cause her to have stomach pains, cramps and constipation which could affect her long term.
Socio-Cultural
Rae is a Muslim so she has strict religious beliefs on foods she can and cannot eat. For example as a Muslim she is not allowed to eat pork or drink
Vicky is a single mother of two boys under 3.
Influences on Vicky’s Dietary Intake
Lifestyle:
The lifestyle Vicky lives affects her dietary intake as she does not enjoy cooking and has the accessibility of dixy chicken next door to her, this can have a long term effect on Vicky as the food she is eating is not natural or healthy. In order for her body to function correctly and for her to live a healthy lifestyle she needs to receive certain vitamins and nutrients that count to the body’s organs for example vitamin C is found in oranges, sodium is found in chicken etc. Vitamin C is good for your immune system helps prevent you from getting sick and Sodium is good for growth and repair in your body.
Economic:
As Vicky is unemployed and only receives £20 for food shopping, the amount she has to spend on shopping limits what she can buy and also what she can eat as she may not be able to afford healthy items such as fruit and vegetables.
Medical Disorder
Vicky having diabetes limits her on foods she can eat, for example if she has diabetes type 2 she will need to eat foods low in fat and sugar due to the fact she has high blood sugar level. Example; fruits, vegetables, bread, nuts
Socio-Cultural:
Following a Rastafarian culture Vicky is very specific on what she can eat and drink. Vicky doesn’t eat pork and does not drink alcohol this can help reduce health risks such as; high cholesterol, kidney failure, heart attacks and liver cancer.
Rae is a single professional female with irritable bowel syndrome
Influences on Rae’s dietary intake
Medical Disorder:
Having irritable bowel syndrome Rae has to be careful with what she eats as eating the wrong things can cause her to have stomach pains, cramps and constipation which could affect her long term.
Socio-Cultural
Rae is a Muslim so she has strict religious beliefs on foods she can and cannot eat. For example as a Muslim she is not allowed to eat pork or drink