Directions:
Course Competency: Analyze the influence of cultural, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors on public health.
For this discussion, locate the food pyramid on the US Department of Agriculture website and create an adapted food pyramid based upon your culture, location, and availability of food.
In your initial post, create an adapted food pyramid based upon the foods from your culture and location/availability that:
- Adapts each specific item in each section of the food pyramid.
- Explains the substitutions of items based upon culture and location/availability.
- Describes how this adapted food pyramid could be used to support health behaviors.
- Illustrates the cultural significance of foods or periods of food restrictions.
In your reply posts, review your peers’ posts and reply to two peers by:
- Illustrating the commonalities and differences between your adapted pyramid and your peer’s pyramid.
- Explaining the settings where they could use their adapted food pyramid to support health behaviors.
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