Australia, much of what we know about food, diet and what we should eat is based
around nutrients. However there are many other factors involved in what we eat and
many of these factors are based on culture (1). You will answer a series of questions or
surveys designed around what, why and when you shop and eat. The assignment is
designed to stimulate your thoughts on why you have developed the eating patterns
you have, and how your environment affects your food choices.
You will answer two different surveys that gather dietary and eating information. You
will complete a Food and Diet Questionnaire and a Food Frequency Questionnaire.
The data you collect from each method of data collection will be used in your
assignment write-up. You will be given specific questions you must answer. You will
have to think about the variety of reasons that influence why you eat the food you eat.
Read through the information below and ensure you address each question to
maximize you mark for the assignment. You must think about the questions, answers
such as ‘because my parents eat it’ will not maximize your grade. There are usually
more in-depth explanations for eating behaviours that relate to religion, geography,
economics, health etc (1).
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REMEMBER to include a coversheet and please put the question/subheading in bold above each response you give.
A hard copy must be submitted on the due date, no electronic copies will be accepted
A. Introduction (100 words)
Set the scene for what is to come. Explain what the assignment is about and the types
of information that will follow. Give background information about yourself that is
relevant to this assignment. Write an aim for the assignment. (5 marks)
Food and Diet Questionnaire (800 words total)
Make sure that you complete this questionnaire and answer all questions accurately.
This questionnaire has questions about your usual living, shopping, and cooking habits
as well as questions on your knowledge of food and diets and your perceptions of your
diet. You need to think about the reasons you eat the foods you do.
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B. Questions to Answer about the Food and Diet Questionnaire (total 52 points)
1. Questions 1 & 2 in the Food and diet questionnaire ask about shopping for food
and cooking meals. How would your diet change if your answer to these questions
changed? Please explain. (150 words, 9 marks)
2. If the amount of money you spent on food each week doubled, how would this
affect the foods you eat? Please explain. (100 words, 6 marks)
3. Question 7 asks you to rate the importance of many food and eating related
behaviours. Pick two of the behaviours and explain why you answered the way you
did. Select behaviours you rate as either ‘very important’ or ‘not important’. You
should use references to show whether your belief was correct or not. (150 words,
9 marks)
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5. Question 9 asks you to rate the importance of various factors in deciding your
choice of food when shopping. Pick two of the factors that you rated either ‘not
important’ or ‘extremely important’. Please explain your answer (150 words, 9
marks)
6. Look at your answers for questions 11-19. Of the answers you have given, please
explain which ONE has the most influence on your diet. For example, does your
ethnicity determine the type of food you eat, or you living arrangements, or your
age etc.? Please explain your answer. (100 words, 6 marks)
Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) (500 words)
Make sure that you complete the questionnaire accurately and that you fill it in
completely.
C. Questions to answer about the Food Frequency Questionnaire (28 points
total)
7. How well do you think the food frequency questionnaire captured your usual
dietary intake over the past month? Please explain, giving specific food examples
that support your explanation (100 words, 6 marks)
8. Do you think people who identify with a culture other than your own living in
Australia would have similar eating patterns (i.e. chose similar foods) to you?
Please explain. (100 words, 6 marks)
9. How would the types of food you ate change if you had to grow and prepare all the
food you eat? Check the foods you eat often in the food frequency questionnaire to
use as examples in your answer. (100 words, 6 marks)
10. How many serves of vegetables do you eat usually each day (question 4 in the
FFQ)? How many serves of fruit do you eat usually each day (question 5 in the
FFQ)? A guide to healthy eating, based on the Dietary guidelines for Australians
for men and women (not pregnant or breastfeeding) ages 19-60, recommend a
daily intake of 5 serves of vegetables and 2 serves of fruit (2). Comment on your
intake compared with this recommendation. (100 words, 5 marks)
11. The most recent national survey in Australia found a daily average intake of 3.4
serves of vegetables and 1.1 serves of fruit in adults (3). How do you think that this
intake could be increased to meet the recommendations? (100 words, 5 marks)
