Attitudes to eating.

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1. Dornbusch studied 7000 american adolescents, and found that...

  • Lower class males had the biggest desire to be thin and were willing to diet to achieve this.
  • Higher class females had the biggest desire to be thin and were willing to diet to achieve this.
  • Lower class females had the biggest desire to be thin and were willing to diet to achieve this.
  • Higher class males had the biggest desire to be thin and were willing to work out to achieve this.
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2. When looking at the social learning theory of attitudes towards eating, parental modelling is a big part of a childs eating behaviour. Which psychologists found a positive correlation between parents and childrens food attitudes.

  • Havan & Shaver
  • Wardle & Beales
  • Brown & Ogden
  • Thiabult & Kelley

3. In the binge eating section, research suggests that binge eating is mostly caused by....

  • Low mood and anxiety.
  • Boredom.
  • Happy mood caused by food.
  • Having excess food in the house.

4. Parental modelling, Media effects, ethnicity, binge eating and comfort eating are 5 out of the 6 factors you should talk about in an 'Attitudes to food' essay. Which one is the 6th?

  • Eating Disorders
  • Environment
  • Social Class
  • Obesity

5. Garg et al studied observed food choices of 38 participants as they watched either a happy or sad film with the option of eating buttered popcorn or grapes and found that...

  • Those who watched the sad film ate 36% more junk than those who watched the happy film.
  • Those who watched the sad film only ate healthy foods to increase their low mood.
  • Those who watched the happy film ate 36% more jump than those who watched the sad film.
  • There was no difference in what any of the participants ate.

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