Culture is a main thing in each person's life. Every person has different cultures in his life, could be about his: cloth, language, welcoming, way of treatment or food, all of these affect his personality. Food and health plays a very important role in the child's life. They always want sweets, crispy, soda, and fast food, anything colorful and in the advertising, they easily became sick. Family and mothers should concentrate on what they give to their children, it should be colorful, sweetly food but, they can replace the sugar with honey, and less fatty. They have to serve a healthy meal while the children can see and eat it, in the same time avoiding obesity and food diseases.
Sociocultural messages reflect historical influences and social experiences impacting on child feeding. It is within informal forms of communication that messages are sent regarding particular attitudes, beliefs, and values placed on certain foods and eating patterns such as rice, fresh foods versus canned foods, vegetables, and foods with added sugar. Historically, rice is the most important grain with regard to human nutrition. When I was a child, my grandma, my mom, tells me
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If a person eat something not good it will directly affect his health. Like childhood obesity that resulting from malnutrition, "The increasing prevalence of obesity has become a social and public health concern with economic implications" (Wolf & Colditz, 1998). In understanding obesity, it is important to recognize the role that culture plays in the negotiation of multiple messages. Cultures communicate information regarding child-feeding practices in terms of beliefs, values, and behaviors related to different foods. Such as the Americans children eat cereal in the breakfast everyday which considered one of the main factors that affects obesity. In the past the breakfast was egg and fresh fruit juice or milk which is natural full of vitamins, protein, and