The psychology of food choice /

• Corporate Author: Nutrition Society (Great Britain)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, in association with the Nutrition Society, 2006.
• Series: Frontiers in nutritional science ; no. 3.
• Subjects: Food habits > Psychological aspects.; Food Preferences > psychology.; Food Habits > psychology.; Emotions.; Age Factors.; Mass Media.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Human Nutrition (General); Diet Studies.; Man.; Behaviour.; Diet.; Feeding behaviour.; Food preferences.; Psychology.; Sociology.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 399 pages) : illustrations, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book brings together insights from a number of sub-disciplines within psychology and other related disciplines, in terms of what they can tell about influences on human food choice. It is organized into 5 main sections which cover models of food choice; biological and learning influences on food choice; societal influences on food; food choices across the lifespan; and changing dietary behaviour. This book will be of significant interest to researchers in areas like nutrition, dietetics and psychology.