Nutrition and behavior : a multidisciplinary approach /

• Other Authors: Worobey, John, (Editor), Tepper, Beverly J., (Editor), Kanarek, Robin B., (Editor), D'Anci, Kristen E., (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Human behavior > Nutritional aspects.; Behavior.; Nutrition.; Malnutrition.; Overnutrition.; Physiology of Human Nutrition.; Nutrition related Disorders and Therapeutic Nutrition.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Alcohol intake.; Appetite disorders.; Behaviour.; Caffeine.; Food supplements.; Human diseases.; Minerals.; Nutrition physiology.; Psychology.; Vitamins.
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This book illustrates how food and the act of eating touches the everyday lives of individuals, including nearly every aspect of human behaviour and development. It assists in recognizing the associations that current scientific evidence concerning nutrition and behaviour suggests are likely true, g...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / J. Worobey
• Concepts and models in nutrition and behavior / J. Worobey
• Research methods and analytic strategies / J. Worobey
• Direct effects of nutrition on behavior: Brain-behavior connections / J. Worobey
• Short-term effects of nutrition on behavior: Neurotransmitters / J. Worobey and R. B. Kanarek
• Effects of chronic and acute forms of undernutrition / J. Worobey
• B vitamins, the central nervous system, and behavior / B. J. Tepper and R. B. Kanarek
• Minerals, the central nervous system, and behavior / B. J. Tepper
• Dietary supplements, mental performance and behavior / B. J. Tepper
• Bio-behavioral and psychosocial influences on nutrition / B. J. Tepper
• Dietary sugar and behavior / K. E. D'Anci and R. B. Kanarek
• Caffeine, the methylxanthines, and behavior / K. E. D'Anci and R. B. Kanarek
• Alcohol, brain functioning and behavior / R. B. Kanarek
• Eating disorder syndromes: Anorexia and bulimia nervosa / J. Worobey
• Behavioral aspects of overweight and obesity / J. Worobey
• Appendix: A primer on basic statistics in nutrition and behavior research / J. Worobey.