Nutrition and behavior: a multidisciplinary approach

✍ Scribed by John Worobey, Beverly J. Tepper, Robin B. Kanarek

• Publisher: CABI
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 281
• Edition: First
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Despite their widespread coverage in the media, there is little emphasis on nutrition in books in psychology, and most textbooks in nutrition barely acknowledge the behavioral correlates of nutrient status. This book will provide interested readers in the fields of nutrition and psychology with information on how these two areas of current research interface. Traditional topics (e.g., micronutrients, sugar, eating disorders) are addressed, as well as the newest topics (e.g., herbs, PUFAs, obesity). Critically reviewed are research methods and results that demonstrate the utility of considering both perspectives when designing studies to explore human behavior.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
1. Introduction......Page 10
2. Concepts and Models in Nutrition and Behavior......Page 14
3. Research Methods and Analytic Strategies......Page 23
4. Direct Effects of Nutrition on Behavior: Brain-Behavior Connections......Page 34
5. Short-term Effects of Nutrition on Behavior: Neurotransmitters......Page 52
6. Effects of Chronic and Acute Forms of Undernutrition......Page 72
7. B Vitamins, the Central Nervous System and Behavior......Page 90
8. Minerals, the Central Nervous System and Behavior......Page 107
9. Dietary Supplements, Mental Performance and Behavior......Page 127
10. Bio-behavioral and Psychosocial Influences on Nutrition......Page 146
11. Dietary Sugar and Behavior......Page 171
12. Caffeine, the Methylxanthines and Behavior......Page 188
13. Alcohol, Brain Functioning and Behavior......Page 204
14. Eating Disorder Syndromes: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa......Page 218
15. Behavioral Aspects of Overweight and Obesity......Page 242
Appendix: A Primer on Basic Statistics in Nutrition and Behavior Research......Page 268
A......Page 274
D......Page 275
F......Page 276
L......Page 277
O......Page 278
S......Page 279
W......Page 280
Z......Page 281