Beliefs Into Action: Food Policy Practices

Year 12 Food and Nutrition Lesson 9: Theory Understanding how beliefs shape real-world food policies

Key Concept Refresher

Belief → Attitude → Practice A practice is a real-world action, programme, policy, or behaviour Practices result from underlying beliefs and attitudes Today's focus: How food beliefs become actual policies

Today's Viewpoint

"The government has a responsibility to help provide children with nutritious school lunches."

Three Categories of Food Practices

Government Programmes: National school lunch programmes, budget allocation, nutrition guidelines School-Level Initiatives: Breakfast clubs, Fruit in Schools, nutrition education Community Food Support: Foodbanks, community gardens, iwi-based programmes

From Beliefs to Policy: The Process

Practice Breakdown Activity

Choose one food practice (school lunch programme, breakfast club, or foodbank) Answer these questions: • What belief supports this practice? • What attitude does that belief create? • What social issue is it responding to? • Who benefits? Who might oppose it?

Key Terminology for Your Reports

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Preparing Your Report Paragraph

Name a specific practice Identify the belief behind it Explain the linked attitude Show how it responds to a social/economic issue in NZ Use appropriate terminology from health and food policy