ContentsBACKGROUND 2Introduction 2Factors Influencing Food Intake 4Problem Statement 5METHODOLOGY 6DATA ANALYSIS 7RESULTS 8Social Characteristics 9Food Consumed 9Daily Meals 9Nutritional Status 9Energy Contribution Analysis 10DISCUSSION 10CONCLUSION 11 BACKGROUNDIntroductionAccording to Morawski (2008), the sensible American says “you are what you eat” while the Western tradition believes that there is a mentality that controls the body, stronger effects of a motive than the senses, and a cultural influence on nature. At an early age, food was never considered in philosophical thinking or scientific analysis (Morawski, 2008). For early peoples, food was a simple culinary practice, very different from authentic subjects such as science (Morawski, 2008). Food or taste were not considered important. However, as humanity changes, humans are reshaping how they define themselves. As a result, today, people define their identity more by the food they consume than by the social responsibilities of the past, as they did generations ago (Morawski, 2008). For centuries now, food refinement has continued to occur, which has inspired innovative researchers to engage in further food refinement, which has led to the development of food science and technology to measure and instrumental nature of food (Morawski, 2008 ). As the Food and Agriculture Organization (2004) states, as the world evolves, there is a significant elimination of infectious diseases and a decrease in malnutrition. It is estimated that the rate of malnutrition has decreased by 50% since the 1950s. Currently, malnutrition is estimated to occupy 10% as pockets of malnutrition still exist in the community, particularly...... middle of paper ......id=29Hufmann, GF, Kanikireddy, and Patel (2010). Parenting: a contributing factor to childhood obesity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, (7)7:2800-2810Morawski, R. Z. (2008). On foods, spectrophotometry and measurement data processing. Retrieved from http://www.polytech.univ-savoie.fr/pub/imeko2008/papers/Morawski.pdfWang, Z., Patterson, C. A. & Hills, P. A. (2003). The relationship between BMI and energy and fat intake in young Australians: a secondary analysis of the 1995 National Nutrition Survey. Nutrition & Dietetics, (60) 1:23-29 Westat, Inc. (1988). National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/nhanes3/cdrom/nchs/manuals/anthro.pdfYunsheng, et al (2009). Number of dietary recalls in 24 hours needed to estimate energy intake. Annual epidemiology, (19)8: 553-559