Eating Behaviour

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  • Created on: 05-12-12 17:38
What are the three factors that influence eating behaviour?
1. Mood and Food 2. Stress and Eating 3. Culture
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Mood and food?
Food can be comforting when we are sad or down, and we have learned to associate certain foods with pleasurable feelings.
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What has research shown with mood and food?
People who are stressed or depressed increase theyir carbohydrate intake, especially sugar.
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Gerg et al (2007)...
looked at how being happy or sad influenced the amount of 'comfort food' they ate.
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What did their findings suggest?
Happy people view products such as popcorn and chocolate as mood threatening and avoid them, whilst sad people view them as mood enhancing and over consume them.
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What is the serotonin hypothesis?
Carbohydrates contain the amino acid tryptophan. This is used by the brain to produce serotonin. Low levels of serotonin have been linked with depression.
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What does the serotonin hypothesis suggest?
People who are sad will increase their carbohydrate intake to increase their levels of sertoning and thus, improve their mood.
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Who was the serotonin hypothesis suggested by?
Gibson (2006)
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What is the opiate hypothesis?
Opiate neurotransmitters are chemicals very similar to the drug heroin, and heroin acts on these opiate pathways on the brain.
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What does the opiate hypothesis suggest?
Heroain produces pleasurable feelings and therefore is likely to be part of the brain's reward systhem. Eating and drinking activates this system.
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What does this therefore show?
Eating and drinking improves mood.
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Food can be comforting when we are sad or down, and we have learned to associate certain foods with pleasurable feelings.

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Mood and food?

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People who are stressed or depressed increase theyir carbohydrate intake, especially sugar.

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looked at how being happy or sad influenced the amount of 'comfort food' they ate.

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Happy people view products such as popcorn and chocolate as mood threatening and avoid them, whilst sad people view them as mood enhancing and over consume them.

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