Eating Behaviour

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-335-23584-1
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm

This text provides readers with a concise introduction to the psychology of eating focussing on the psychological and biological processes that underlie eating behaviour. While insights into eating behaviour that has gone wrong, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, are offered, the primary focus is on 'normal' eating behaviour. Eating Behaviour highlights the way that the brain and body control eating, the environmental factors that infiltrate the consciousness to make us think it is time to eat, and childhood, to unravel how eating behaviour develops within the individual.The text covers the subject of eating and food related behaviour from the five main areas of psychology, developmental, cognitive, social, biological, and psychopathological perspectives. Written in a lively, accessible style, it is designed to give readers a basic understanding of the topic and a platform from which to expand their knowledge of this area. This book is essential reading for psychology and health psychology students, those taking eating behaviour modules, and eating behaviour and disorders courses. It is also valuable reading for nutritionists, dietitians, food scientists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and medical students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dovey, Terry

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Essstörungen & Therapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Essstörungen & Therapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Widely held assumptions and methodsThe energy demands of the brain - Central mechanisms of eatingStorage and digestion - Peripheral mechanisms of eatingLearning about food – Developmental aspects of eating behaviourChoosing between foods - Cognitive aspects of eating behaviourThe effect of others - Social aspects of eating behaviourGetting inside people's heads: Restraint, emotional eating, disinhibition and their combined effectsDealing with obesity - Dieting and drugsWhen eating behaviour goes wrong - Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise specifiedTying up loose ends - Towards a combined theory in eating behaviourAppendix One: The neurochemistry of appetite regulation
Appendix Two: The hormonal control of appetite regulation
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Terence M. Dovey is a psychologist working in the Loughborough University Centre for Research into Eating Disorders (LUCRED), UK.