What is food efficacy?
Food efficacy refers to the ability of a product to produce a beneficial effect, the ability to produce a desired or intended result.
What is a fad diet?
A fad diet is a weight reduction diet that either eliminates one or more of the essential food groups, or recommends the consumption of one type of food.
This can be detrimental to health as the health messages are often in direct contract to that of health professionals and the information is often based on unverified sources.
What is a food fad?
A food fad is a food ingredient that people are interested on for a short period of time, such as chia, kale or quinoa.
What is a restrictive diet?
A restrictive diet is based on ‘low carbs’, they restrict or totally eliminate the consumption of carbohydrate foods and should be considered carefully, particularly as a long term diet.
What are the types of food information sources?
- Scholarly articles
- Newspaper and food magazines
- Web bases news feeds and online blogs
- Social media including facebook and instagram
What can be used to access the validity of information?
- Source
- Reliability
- Author and profession
- Accuracy
- Objectivity
Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
- to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritions foods and drinks to meet your energy needs.
- Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from the five food groups everyday.
- limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugars and alcohol.
- encourage and support breastfeeding.
- care for you’re food and store it safely
5 food groups
- Vegetables and legumes
- Fruit
- Grain foods
- Lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, legumes/beans
- Dariry
What are the types of food packaging?
MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MAP)
A system of packaging that changes or modified the atmosphere on the gas inside the package in order to extend the shelf life of the contents.
ASEPTIC PACKAGING
A process whereby the food product and the package are sterilised separately and brought together in a sterile environment.
What is the purpose of food packaging?
- Preservation
- Containment
- Protection
- Convenience
- Communication
What are the types of food packaging that can be used in place of plastic?
- Green packaging
- Recyclable packaging
- Biodegradable packaging
What are the 4 ‘R’s in minimising packaging waste?
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Refuse
- Recycle
What is the effect of food wastage on the environment?
The food waste that is created as an end result of the manufacturing process often ends up in landfill. when foods rot with other organics in landfill it gives off the greenhouse gas methane, which is 25 more times more potent then the carbon pollution that comes out of a cars exhaust.
What are the reasons why food is wasted?
- Consumers cook too much food
- Perfectly good food is mistakenly thrown out before the use by/best before date
- Consumers may not know how to use the leftovers correctly
- Consumers may not check the cupboard or fridge before going shopping and ‘double up’.
What are the barriers to selecting nutritious foods?
- Cost of food
- Accessibility to shops that sell healthy food
- Lack of time
- Limited preparation facilities
What are some programs used to assist people in making healthy food choices?
- Live lighter campaign
- Healthy together Victoria
What must be carefully reviewed in pieces on information?
- Authority
- Accuracy
- Currency
