Nutrition & behavior : a multidisciplinary approach / John Worobey, Beverly J. Tepper, Robin Kanarek.

By: Worobey, John [author.]Contributor(s): Tepper, Beverly J [author.] | Kanarek, Robin B [author.]Material type: TextTextEdition: 2nd editionDescription: p. ; cmISBN: 9781780644448 (hardback : alk. paper); 9781780644455 (pbk. : alk. paper)Uniform titles: Nutrition and behavior Subject(s): Behavior | Nutritional Physiological Phenomena | Malnutrition | OvernutritionDDC classification: 612.3 LOC classification: QP 141 .W67 2015NLM classification: QU 145
Contents:
Introduction -- Concepts and models in nutrition and behavior -- Research methods and analytic strategies -- Direct effects of nutrition on behavior : brain-behavior connections -- Short-term effects of nutrition on behavior : neurotransmitters -- Effects of chronic and acute forms of undernutrition -- B vitamins, the central nervous system, and behavior -- Minerals, the central nervous system, and behavior -- Dietary supplements and mental functioning -- Bio-behavioral and psychosocial influences on food selection -- Dietary sugar and behavior -- Caffeine, the methylxanthines, and behavior -- Alcohol, brain functioning and behavior -- Eating disorder syndromes: anorexia and bulimia nervosa -- Behavioral aspects of overweight and obesity.
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Preceded by Nutrition and behavior / John Worobey, Beverly J. Tepper and Robin B. Kanarek ; with a contribution by Kristen E. D'Anci. c2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Concepts and models in nutrition and behavior -- Research methods and analytic strategies -- Direct effects of nutrition on behavior : brain-behavior connections -- Short-term effects of nutrition on behavior : neurotransmitters -- Effects of chronic and acute forms of undernutrition -- B vitamins, the central nervous system, and behavior -- Minerals, the central nervous system, and behavior -- Dietary supplements and mental functioning -- Bio-behavioral and psychosocial influences on food selection -- Dietary sugar and behavior -- Caffeine, the methylxanthines, and behavior -- Alcohol, brain functioning and behavior -- Eating disorder syndromes: anorexia and bulimia nervosa -- Behavioral aspects of overweight and obesity.

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