1. Eating HabitsWatching a family for a day Nowwe are watching a typicalItalian family for a day…butfirst….

2. EATING HABITS A common eating pattern is three meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) per day, with snacks between meals. The components of a meal vary across cultures, but generally include grains, meat or a meat substitute, such as fish and vegetables. However, personal preferences, habits, family customs, and social setting largely determine what a person consumes.

3. INFLUENCES ON FOOD CHOICES There are many factors that determine what foods a person eats. In addition to personal preferences, there are cultural, social, religious, economic and environmental factors. In each culture there are both acceptable and unacceptable foods. For example horses, turtles, and dogs are eaten (and even considered a delicacy) in some cultures, though they are unacceptable food sources in other cultures.

4. PERSONAL PREFERENCES Every individual has unique likes and dislikes concerning foods. These preferences develop over time, and are influenced by personal experiences such as encouragement to eat, exposure to a food, family customs and rituals, advertising, and personal values. For example, there are many vegeterian people

5. Breakfast In Italy people usuallyhave breakfast at home until 8 o’clock. People generallyeat milk, biscuits, bread, jam, cereals, chocolate, tea, coffee, orangejuice and yoghurt.

6. Breakfast I usually……..

7. English Breakfast Italian people don’t usually eat eggs, bacon, sausages and the typical food of the English breakfast.

8. Lunch In Italy people have lunch at about 1 o’clock p.m. The maindishis pasta. The maincourseismeat or fishwithvegetables. For dessert people usuallyeatfruitand/or cakes.

9. Lunch I usuallyhave lunch at home at …… I usuallyeat out forlunch….. I usuallyeat lunch out at work……

10. Dinner In Italy people have dinner at about 8 o’clock p.m. The main course is meat, fish or pizza with vegetables or chips. The dessert is fruit, cakes or ice cream.

11. Dinner I usuallyhavedinner at about…..

12. Snacks People usuallyhave a break in the morning and in the afternoon. Theyeatsnacksor sandwiches or fruit. I…….

13. Eating out I likeeating out with myfriends on Saturdays. I usuallyeat at restaurant once a week Eating out preferences I likeseafood / ethnicrestaurants I liketaverns /fast foods/ steakhouses/ pubs

14. Foodfromothercountries In the Italianbiggestcities, you can findmanyethnicrestaurants : Chinese,Mexican, Indian,Vietnamese, Japaneserestaurants Wherever immigrants settled, they brought with them their foods, culinary traditions and recipes.

15. MyLikes and Dislikes Foods Eating out Cooking at Home

16. SUMMARY Introduction to general habits: I have healthy eating habits. I have bad eating habits. I have a balanced diet. I have irregular meals. I should eat more…./less…… I like local cuisine, home.madefoods,international cuisine Number of meals Meal Description and eating times Likes and dislikes concerning foods, eating out, new food experiences (ethnic restaurants)

17. EatingPreferences-Foods

18. Eating Preferences

19. Healthy Food

20. Eating Times