Food Studies (Unit 4 AOS 1)

Nutritional efficacy

The effectiveness of the nutritional information

Food Fad

Intense enthusiasm for a particular food item that is often a short lived craze

Criteria for assessing validity of a product

Commercial gain: Someone makes money from promoting or selling the product

Ethics: Wether the products is promoted honestly

Effectiveness of the product: Wether the product actually works

Assessing validity of an article

Source: Where does the infortmation come from

Purpose: Why was this created

Context: Where and how the information is presented

Presentation of evidence: What evidence is used to support the claims

Language use: Words used to convince consumers

Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG)

1. Acheive and maintain a healthy weight

2. Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious food from the five food groups

3. Limit foods that are high in saturated fat and added sugar

Nutrition content claim

A statement made by a manafacturer about the amount of nutrient, energy or a biologically active substance in the food

• used to promote the nutritional quality of a product

Priniciples of research

Rocognition of credible sources - Evidence based information - accurate analysis of data

Information that cannot be on a food label

1. The word ‘Health‘

2. Can cure a disease

3. misleading imaging

4. statment or claim (A gliming food)