Why we eat what we eat : the psychology of eating / edited by Elizabeth D. Capaldi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Capaldi, Elizabeth D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Psychological aspects.

Food habits.

Nutrition--Psychological aspects.

Nutrition.

Food preferences.

Physical Description:

ix, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1996]

Summary:

This volume explores the shift in eating research from the search for bodily signals that trigger hunger to a focus on eating patterns emerging from a learning process that is based on life experience. This new book offers hope that healthful eating patterns can be learned. The book proposes models for normal eating behavior and discusses how and why eating deviates from these norms.

Contents:

1. Ingestive Homeostasis: The Primacy of Learning / Douglas S. Ramsey, Randy J. Seeley, Robert C. Bolles, Stephen C. Woods

Part 2 How Learning Affects Food Preferences

2. Taste Aversion Learning / Glenn E. Schafe, Ilene L. Bernstein

3. Conditioned Food Preferences / Elizabeth D. Capaldi

Part 3 How Tastes Are Developed

4. The Early Development of Human Flavor Preferences / Julie A. Mennella, Gary K. Beauchamp

5. The Role of Experience in the Development of Children's Eating Behavior / Leann L. Birch, Jennifer A. Fisher

Part 4 How Biology Affects Eating Patterns

6. Sensory Factors in Feeding / Valerie B. Duffy, Linda M. Bartoshuk

7. Brain Mechanisms and the Physiology of Feeding / Neil E. Rowland, Bai-Han Li, Annie Morien

Part 5 How the Social Context Influences Eating

8. Social Influences on Food Preferences and Feeding Behaviors of Vertebrates / Bennett G. Galef, Jr.

9. Sociocultural Influences on Human Food Selection / Paul Rozin

Part 6 How Patterns of Eating Are Established

10. Sensory-Specific Satiety: Theoretical Frameworks and Central Characteristics / Marion M. Hetherington, Barbara J. Rolls

11. The Behavioral Phenotype in Human Obesity / Adam Drewnowski.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1557983666

OCLC:

34471312