RT Book, Section T1 Identifying eating habits in multicultural schools through focus groups with children A1 Merino Godoy, María Ángeles A1 Palacios Gálvez, María Soledad AB Nutrition or eating habits are not only a biological necessity, but also a social and cultural activity, strongly influenced by peer groups. People make eating an activity that transcends the purely physiological facet, and transform it into a social event (Benarroch, 2013).When choosing foods to eat, a number of factors are taken into account, for example, availability. This may be influenced by the economy, climate, geography, agricultural production techniques, politics, communication infrastructures, etc. Furthermore, given that eating is a physiological, social and cultural event, other factors will also have an influence, some of them related to physiological needs (e.g., age, sex, etc.), and others related to sociocultural and ideological factors, including traditions, taboos and beliefs, cross-cultural influences, religious convictions, etc. What we eat, our diet as a whole and what we do not eat, i.e., dietary requirements, dislikes or taboos, are indicators of identity and reveal membership of a particular sociocultural group. PB Nova Science Publishers, Inc. SN 978-1- 63482-540-5 YR 2015 FD 2015 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18080 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18080 LA eng NO Merino Godoy, M.A., Palacios Gálvez, M.S.: "Identifying eating habits in multicultural schools through focus groups with children". En: Entrena Durán, F. (2015). Food Production and Eating Habits from Around the World: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Nova Science Publishers, New York; I.S.B.N: 978-1- 63482-540-5.. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2890464 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2890464 DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 29 may 2026