Eating behaviour

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This text covers the subject of eating and food related behaviour from the perspectives of the five main areas of psychology: developmental, cognitive, social, biological and pathological. It focuses on 'normal' eating behaviour, with some links into eating disorders and intervention.

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Full title :Eating behaviour / by Terry Dovey.

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Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Open University Press
Place of Publication:Maidenhead
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:184 pages

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780335235834, 0335235832
oclc:ocn752352321
LC Classification:RC552.E18
Dewey Decimal:616.8526

Introduction: Widely held assumptions and methods The energy demands of the brain -- Central mechanisms of eating Storage and digestion -- Peripheral mechanisms of eating Learning about food -- Developmental aspects of eating behaviour Choosing between foods -- Cognitive aspects of eating behaviour The effect of others -- Social aspects of eating behaviour Getting inside people's heads: Restraint, emotional eating, disinhibition and their combined effects Dealing with obesity -- Dieting and drugs When eating behaviour goes wrong -- Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise specified Tying up loose ends -- Towards a combined theory in eating behaviour Appendix One: The neurochemistry of appetite regulation Appendix Two: The hormonal control of appetite regulation References Index.

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Eating -- physiology Eating -- psychology Eating disorders Feeding and Eating Disorders Feeding Behavior Food habits Food habits -- Psychological aspects Habitudes alimentaires Habitudes alimentaires -- Aspect psycho… Health and Fitness Troubles du comportement alimentaire