Why We Eat What We Eat: The Psychology of Eating

by Elizabeth D. Capaldi (Editor)

Cutting through popular myths about eating, this book presents up-to-date research on how normal eating patterns develop. Researchers in the field are discovering that eating patterns emerge out of a continual process of learning - one that is shaped by a complex interaction of physiological, developmental, nutritional and cultural factors. This research has important implications for practitioners, for if eating is a learned behaviour, then eating can be changed. This volume translates the findings of this cutting-edge research for students and practitioners and proposes models of eating behaviours based on this information (e.g. the desert effect, taste aversion learning, and cues of satiety). This volume focuses on normal eating patterns, since an understanding of how psychological processes operate in normal eating is necessary before disordered eating can be understood. However, it also discusses how and why eating deviates from these norms. The authors also highlight the important implications of this research for practice.

Genres: Psychology, Food

339 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Ann Pulkkinen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This intriguing book helps to connect the dots about food preferences and motivation. I now know why I like my coffee hot! The book started to drag about 2/3 of the way through...sort of TMI. I will go back and re-read it some other time when my brain is ready to absorb more info about my brain.

[Quratulain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learning and food preferences
Taste development
Biology and eating patterns
Social influences on eating
Patterns of eating