While assessing the nutritional status of a client from a non-English speaking culture, the nurse asks about specific food habits. Which aspect of culture is the nurse addressing at this time?
a. Foodway
b. Food roles
c. Health beliefs
d. Eating etiquette
a. Foodway
Each culture defines its own foodway or the rules and expectations about food habits important to that culture. Food roles refers to foods that are considered staples or secondary food items in the diet. The vital functions of food are seen differently in various cultures beyond the nutritional needs of our body. Certain foods are felt to have properties that can promote wellness, cure disease, or rebalance body systems. Eating etiquette refers to physical behaviors when eating and are culturally dictated.
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