Select a culture/race different than your own. Research: 1) nutrition related health issues/disparities of concern for the population (e.g., diabetes, CVD, obesity, etc.); 2) cultural norms/environment influencing eating behaviors; and 3) strategies/resources to promote healthy eating incorporating cultural norms/environment. For example, your fact sheet might be titled, A Snapshot of Hispanics: Culture, Diet & Health; a first section titled, The Impact of Poor Eating Habits; a second section titled, The Influence of Culture & Environment on Eating; and a third section titled, Incorporating Culture to Improve Eating Habits. You should find the necessary information in the data sets discussed in Ch. 10, the list of websites in Appendix 6, and general web searches on your population.
Fact sheets should include: a title; your name/date created in bottom footnote; at least 1-2 images/pictures: at least 3 bulleted facts for each section; a list of at least 3 professional references used on the back/bottom in APA format; and be 2 pgs. and professional in appearance.
hanks for your help. a couple things that you need to keep in mind:
The purpose of this assignment is to help you understand the impact of culture on eating behaviors. It will familiarize you with the many resources available to assess important factors about culture and its impact on health, and thus to better plan culturally relevant healthy eating programs (Ch. 7; CHES Responsibility I & II).
The fact sheet should be geared to health professionals and include information that will help them understand the impact of culture on eating and how to incorporate this information to best educate the population.
As me been European, I will like to select American as my target population.
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The traditional Hispanic diet is one of its kind and can be used to promote healthy eating among different cultures. The diet is rich in a variety of foods and dishes that comprises of fruits, vegetable, grains and proteins sources. Typically any diet should contain the four basic foods; complex carbohydrates, an adequate amount of protein, minerals, and vitamins. Almost all the traditional Hispanic meals contain these four foods. Hispanics are accustomed to having four or five meals a day, all of which contains a balanced diet. They value healthy diet which is reflected in their moderate increase in milk, vegetable, and fruits consumption. This is also accompanied by a large decrease in lard and cream consumption (Cuy Castellanos, 2015).
