Stankova 1 Stankova 2 Trayana Stankova Rachel Jasiczek Fi ENG XXXXXXXXXXPR 04/07/2019 Annotated Bibliography 1. Blatt, Harvey. America's Food: What You Don't Know About What You Eat. MIT Press, 2008....

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Title: How what we eat defines who we are
Contents
Introduction    3
Global food and eating trends    3
Eating habits and human identity    4
Family    4
Availability    5
Cultural    5
Psychological    5
Social factors    6
Affordability and economic factor    6
Effects of eating towards human behavior and identity    6
Conclusion    8
Works Cited    10
Introduction
It is fascinating to observe the world from the perspective of variable food practices that dynamic cultures present. From western to eastern countries food practices and consumption vary greatly and this variation depends upon number of factors, which can be environmental, economic, taste, availability of food and much more. However, there is a saying that suggests what we eat defines who we are. This is a very
oad concept as it can be explained by taking into consideration variable aspects.
First can be the cultural aspect since, different cultures have different eating habits while second can be the health aspect, which suggests that eating healthy or unhealthy defines who you are. Further, more than health aspect this article will focus towards how food habits defines an individual. Using anthropological aspects and approaches major focus would be towards how food habits can lead to dynamic behaviors and identities.
Global food and eating trends
Being a biological necessity food is the basic requirement of every individual present on this planet since, every living organism required food for their functioning. However, this food can be plant based or animal based. This categorization of food habits and the type of food consumption vary greatly depending on the availability and feasibility of food. As mentioned by Blatt, food production is different in every country. Therefore, based on the type of food countries and individuals can be categorized as vegetarian that is who consume plant based products only and non-vegetarian that is who also consume animal based products along with plant based products.
Further, developing countries and transition countries reflects ore dependence on plant based food products instead of animal based food products while on the other hand industrialized countries presents that out of total population, around 30% depends upon animal based food products while rest still depends upon the plant based food products (FAO). Moreover, food habits also vary among different age group and this can be exemplified with the fact that children require less food than adults do because their requirement is less. However, due to their growing age they need diverse variety of food so as to complete the growing needs when compared to adults. Food and eating habits also vary among different cultures and different areas.
Some food and the time of eating the food is specific to the culture and therefore, food can be defined as a cultural identity for them. Further, cultures and religion such as Muslims prefer non-vegetarian food to vegetarian food and within non-vegetarian food, they prefer ‘Halal’ meat because it is related to their culture and therefore is an indicative of their religion. Moreover, western countries such as U.S.A and Europe had shown more dependence towards animal-based products along with dairy and plant based products.
Eating habits and human identity
Food is meant to taste good but along with that it is also a major source towards full filling the energy requirement of body. However, as argued by Hoe
, eating habits are the major indicators towards good and bad food or health and unhealthy food. Eating is a very simple activity but depends upon number of factors. These factors again may be related to availability, affordability, cultural, social, family, psychological and much more. However, there is a direct co
elation between individual’s eating patterns and their behavior that is eating effects the behavior of individual. Major influencers towards eating and human behavior respectively are—
Family –
Humans are one of the organisms who prefer to reside in colonies and as they have evolved these colonies have turned into family. Eating habits greatly vary according to the family since, when a child is born he or she is...