Food and Nutrition World Hunger, Body Image, and Canadian Foods Test
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Body Image
Influences of Body Image
-Puberty
-Rapid change in the body reduces self confidence in the person’s ability to meet with the public, hence, trying to fit with the crowd and being involved with different acts to reshape body image.
-Outside Influences (peers/family)
-Parents criticize how their kids look and the way they praise them can impact on the way they look at themselves and their self esteem.
-Media
-How a media portrays the "perfect" look will affect teenagers in how they see themselves fit in with the norm and change to adapt so
Eating Disorders
-Bulimia - Eat large amounts of food then trigger their body to expel the food from the themselves so that the body is tricked into feeling full but the food is taken out before energy and nutrients are absorbed and changing body image.
-Affects on body: bad teeth, esophagus damage from acids, lack of nutrients
-Anorexia - Hardly eat at all or forces themselves to eat very very little to reduce the amount of weight increase.
-Affects on body: lack of nutrients, lack of energy, weakness, more prone to disease
World Hunger
-Most affected continent: mainly in developed countries: Africa, Asia
-Number 1 health risk more than AIDs and Tuberculosis
-Main cause myths
-Natural Disasters TRUE, Laziness FALSE
-3/4 in of all people in hunger live in rural areas
-Main causes: Natural Disasters, War, Poverty, Over Exploitation of resources, Poor agriculture technology
-146 Million underweight, 25% are children
-17M children born hungry
*Donations from rich people from rich countries go to the rich people in poor countries*
Canadian Foods
-Origin: Nationalities, Influences from home country, cultures, natural resources in each area
Early Settlers
-Aboriginals taught methods of cooking and storage for winters
-Bannock originated from scotland
-Early settlers helped Europeans adapt to winters
-Used foods for other purposes more than just eating
-Potato: starch/laundry, yeast, sooth headaches
-Berries: Pies, Puddings, Cobblers
Atlantic Provinces:
-Fish and seafood among most important
-Cod key part of Newfoundland's economy
- Also famous for shellfish, and lobster fests
-NB famous for Smelt and trout
-NS famous for Cod, eel, and mackerel
Quebec
-Most European influence and luxury restaurants
-French breads, pastries, seafood soups, special cheese ; all originate from Quebec
-Tourtiere: Ground pork and kidney
-CHEESE and MAPLE SYRUP
Ontario
-Dairy, beef, Maple Syrup, and wild rice
-Settlers from Scotland, Ireland, and England
-AGRICULTURAL BACKGROUND
Prairie Provinces
-Wheat fields, cattle ranches, and herds of cattles
-Chuck Wagon: Kitchen on wheels
-Markets reflect culture of area
British Columbia
-Salmon, Chinese, Fruits, Apples, Juices, Grapes, Wine industry famous.
-Cod, Tuna, Herring.
Food and Nutrition
Aboriginal Food Notes typed
Aboriginal People
-The blackfoot people lived in central and southern Alberta.
-many lived around the blackfoot and in Saskatchewan
-Buffalo meat to pemmican
-Pemmican - a dried meat, fat, and berries
-ate dried fish and buffalo
-known for eating the buffalo meat and utilizing the remaining parts for other uses
Inuit People
-Where: Arctic region, East Labrador, West Yukon
-Summer: Caribou, birds, berries, wild green
-Winter: Walrus, seal, whales
-Significance: lived in challenging conditions and learned to be self sufficient
Aboriginal people of the Mackenzie River
-Yukon river in Yellowknife and Yukon
Faming: Hunted caribous and buffalos and small fishes
Significance: beer given respect. Lynx, wolves, and wolverine ceremonial significance
Unknown Tribe
-Lived off the river and seas
-used natural resources available
-knew to preserve food for long winters
-10 diff languages distinct with culture
-Woodlands, plains, plateaus, pacific coast, Mackenzie Yukon River, Inuit
-health very important
-healthy body, mind, and spirit
-don’t waste food
-large social gatherings
-Bannock
-Bacon, Corn Bread
-Buffalo Jerky
-Rabbit soup
Woodlands Southern Ontario
-Southern Ontario
-15 types of corn, beans, cucumbers, melons, and squash
-knowledge of plant breeding, fertilization, and seeding
-good farmers
-many vegetarians
-respected the maple trees
Woodlands Eastern Ontario
-Fish/hunting
-Corn
-Potatoes
-Fruits and veggies
-wild berries
-86 types of corn
Pacific Natives People
-Pacific coast aboriginal people
-5 settlements mainly around Queen Charlotte’s Island and Vancouver
-Farmed Berries, raspberries, salmon berries, blue berries, huckleberries, and elderberries
-Fished a lot
-non-nomadic, developed complex communities
Plains people 2
-East of Rocky Mountains and in central southern America
-Nomadic, hunted buffalo
-used buffalo for food, clothing and utensil tools
-farmed fruits, berries, dandelion, cambiums, rose chips, huckleberries, wild raspberries, crabapples
-significant importance to traditional aboriginal ceremonies and culture