mood
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- Created on: 04-11-12 23:28
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- Eating Behaviour - MOOD
- Our emotional states affect eating habits, either in small
unnoticeable ways or in ways that explain abnormal eating practices
- Those exhibiting vulnerability responds to stress by
eating more, while those with low vulnerability eat less
- Low mood can often result in comfort eating, although occasionally it seems to have the opposite effect and can cause reduction of eating
- This may occur due to differences in childhood experiences of food, attitudes towards eating or variations in our biology that cause dissimilarities in vulnerability to the effects of stress
- Those exhibiting vulnerability responds to stress by
eating more, while those with low vulnerability eat less
- Garg et al observed the food choices of 38 participants who watched either an upbeat, funny movie or a sad and depressing movie. Participants were offered buttered popcorn and seedless grapes throughout the films. Those watching the sad film consumed 36% more popcorn than those watching the upbeat film, but the upbeat film group ate far more grapes than the other group
- Garg et al claims the people who feel sad or depressed want to 'jolt themselves out of the dumps' so are more likely to go for a snack which gives them a feeling of euphoria
- When participants were presented with nutritional information about the foods (among other information) prior to viewing, consumption of the relatively unhealthy foods dropped dramatically
- Suggests when we eat to comfort ourselves we would do well to check the nutritional information on the foods we indulge in
- Evaluation of Garg et al: low sample size = problems with generalisability, high control = lack of external variables/low ecological validity, Diathesis-Stress model
- During the winter we are more likely to eat high CHO foods (link to SAD)
- Bellisle et al (found no difference in the amount and types of food eaten by men when due or not due to undergo surgery
- Our emotional states affect eating habits, either in small
unnoticeable ways or in ways that explain abnormal eating practices
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