enablers and barriers

• Enablers


  A person or thing that makes something possible
• Barriers


  An obstacle to prevent something from happening
• Factors that can act as enablers or barriers to healthy eating

  • Social factors
  • Cultural factors
  • Political factors
• Social factors


  • Family
  • Friends
  • Socioeconomic status
• Role modelling in the home


  Can act as an enabler or barrier to healthy eating among youth
• Peer pressure


  Influences the amounts of food consumed within a friendship group
• Income


  Can act as an enabler or barrier for healthy food consumption amongst youth
• Education


  Can be an enabler or barrier for youth healthy food consumption
• Occupation


  Can impact a young person's healthy eating practices
• Social media as a source of nutritional information


  Finding credible advice is becoming more complicated
• Two strategies to check if nutritional information is reliable
• Three reputable sources of nutritional information
• Cultural factors


  • Religion
  • Ethnicity
  • Gender
• Religions


  • Outline regulations regarding food and drink consumption
• Cultures


  • Traditional meals including pictures, ingredients and extra information
• Food products usually marketed to females
• Food products usually marketed to males
• Food marketing linking masculinity or femininity to particular types of foods


  Impact on the health and wellbeing of men and women
• Political factors


  • Food policy/laws
  • Health promotion
  • Food labelling
• Example of a current food policy: implementation of health-related food taxes
• Reasons why healthy messages in health promotion programs are often missed by young people
• Food labelling laws governed by FSANZ
• Information required on food labels
• Food labelling can be confusing but can be an effective way of comparing similar products