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Religion and Culture play an important role in influencing consumer behaviour in relation to food intake
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Angela Clucas - HND Food Trends Assignment Religion and Culture play an important role in influencing consumer behaviour in relation to food intake "Human beings are not born with a set of behaviour, they have to learn it. What they learn is dictated by the culture into which they are born or within which they grow up" - J Bareham (1995) Culture makes us similar to some people but different to the vast majority. It is learnt as a person grows up within society and can be either taught or imitated. Formal instruction comes from parents but a person also learns by imitating peers and persons in the media. Culture compromises of many aspects such as Language, Politics, everyday food habits and Religion with considerable variation across the world, for example in China, which is predominantly Buddhist, it is acceptable to eat Dog but not Beef, as Cows are considered sacred. "People...
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