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For Excellence, the student needs to demonstrate comprehensive understanding of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

This involves justifying societal influences on food choices and well-being.

The student justifies societal influences on an individual’s (William’s) food choices by explaining the contribution of more than one influence on the decision making around family meals: William’s mother (an interpersonal influence), and the Healthy Food Guide (wider community influence) (2). 

The impacts on well-being are justified, and also form part of the reasons for the meal choices. Most dimensions of hauora are referred to (1) (3).

For a more secure Excellence, the student would need to more clearly justify the pizza choice (5) related to:

• the influence of William’s friends, and the need to have finger food that can be eaten while playing games
• the impacts on well-being of this choice (4) (6).

For Merit, the student needs to demonstrate in-depth understanding of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

This involves giving reasons why societal influences impact on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

The student gives reasons related to the decision making around fast food and snack choices. Reasons are given related to how and why advertising (a wider community influence), seen on the computer (1), in the newspaper and billboards (4) and on the TV (5) influences the individual’s (William’s) food choices.

Connections are made between the societal influences on food choices, how the food related decisions are made and the impacts on well-being. Most dimensions of hauora are referred to (2) (3) (7).

For Excellence, the student would need to more clearly justify how and why William’s mother (6) (an interpersonal influence) impacts on his food choices and well-being, i.e. how and why the societal influences are connected and affect the food choices and well-being.

For Merit, the student needs to demonstrate in-depth understanding of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

This involves giving reasons why societal influences impact on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

The student gives brief reasons related to the decision making around breakfast choices from the dairy (a wider community influence), showing how blackboard specials (1) influence food choices.

Brief reasons related to the decision making around canteen choices are given (3) (4), showing how the individual’s (William’s) friends (an interpersonal influence) affect his food choices.

Connections are made between the societal influences on food choices, how the food-related decisions were made and the impacts on well-being. Most dimensions of hauora are referred to (2) (4) (5).

For a more secure Merit, the student would need to include more detailed reasons, explaining why societal influences impact on William’s food choices and well-being, i.e. how and why the food related decisions were made.

For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

This involves giving an account with clear examples of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

The student gives an account that includes some brief reasons related to the decision making around food and energy drinks. Details are provided showing how and why sports people (a wider community influence) (2) affect food choices.

An account is given of how an individual’s parents (an interpersonal influence) provide the food for him (William) to choose from (1).

Connections are made between the societal influences on food choices, how the food related decisions were made and the impacts on well-being. Most dimensions of hauora are referred to (3) (4) (5).

For Merit, the student would need to provide more detailed reasons why societal influences impact on William’s food choices and well-being, i.e. how and why the food related decisions were made.

For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

This involves giving an account with clear examples of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

The student gives an account of how an individual’s (William’s) food choices are influenced by his friends (an interpersonal influence) in the café (1).

A brief account is given of how advertising (a wider community influence) has affected William’s food choices (4).

Connections are made between the societal influences on food choices, how the food related decisions were made and the impacts on well-being. Most dimensions of hauora are referred to (2) (3) (5).

For a more secure Achieved, the student would need to include more detail in their account, showing how the societal influences impact on William’s food choices and his well-being.

For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

This involves giving an account with clear examples of societal influences on an individual’s food choices and well-being.

The student gives an account of how an individual’s (William’s) food choices are influenced by his friends (an interpersonal influence), when playing computer games (3).

A brief account is given showing how advertising (a wider community influence) affects William’s food choices at rugby (1).

Connections are made between the societal influences on food choices, how the food related decisions were made and the impacts on well-being. Some dimensions of hauora are referred to (2) (3).

For Achieved, the student would need to include:

• more detail in the account, giving a clearer connection between the food choices and the impacts on well-being, particularly for advertising
• reference to more dimensions of hauora.