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9780412719202

Food, Eating and Obesity

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  • ISBN13:

    9780412719202

  • ISBN10:

    0412719207

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-01-01
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag
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Summary

Food, Eating and Obesity focuses on the physiological, psychological and social environmental factors associated with food consumption, and the role played by specific nutrients or perhaps even specific foods or groups of foods.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of abbreviations used
Control of appetite and energy balance and imbalancep. 1
Hunger, palatability and satiation: physiological and learned influences on eatingp. 14
Energy intake and expenditure: basic concepts and issuesp. 42
Genetics of obesity and energy balancep. 62
Food composition, food intake and energy balancep. 74
Sensory responses, food preferences and macronutrient selectionp. 101
Patterns of food intakep. 115
Externality, dietary restraint and the cognitive control of eatingp. 130
Mood, food craving and food 'addiction' as causes of overeatingp. 150
Conclusionsp. 166
Referencesp. 169
Indexp. 215
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