Question

briefly explain the social, psychological and economical aspects of nutrition​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The relationship between an individual's

social, psychological, and cultural

environment and his or her nutritional

status is one of both cause and effect.

Cultural patterns, economic stability, and

attitudes toward health and disease all

affect an individual's eating behavior.

Similarly, illness or treatments that

interfere with usual nutritional behaviors

can affect an individual's emotional

well-being and social relationships. We

have discussed some of the symbolic

and social meanings of food and have

described how these are challenged by

the necessity for "artificial feedings." We

have suggested that an understanding

of the interaction among the cultural

and social factors involved in eating

is important in helping to provide

comprehensive care to patients

requiring nutritional intervention as part

of treatment for a medical or surgical

disease. In addition, we have presented

a description of anorexia nervosa as an

example of an illness in which the primary

symptoms involve the use of deviant

eating behaviors as a way to meet

psychological needs. The psychosocial

context of food and of obtaining nutritionseem in many ways to be quite obvious, but we must make a conscious effort not to take for granted or to overlook the impact the psychological, social, and cultural environment has upon our patients receiving nutritional therapies.