Our fascination with eating and drinking behaviors and their causes has resulted in a huge
industry of food-related pop science. Every bookstore, every magazine stand, every grocery …

This title explores the psychological processes involved in the selection and consumption of
foods and drink. The exposition is firmly linked to research evidence on the cognitive, socio …

Eating is arguably the most fundamental of human activities. In Western societies in
particular, there is great interest in diet, health, and food preferences. This book translates …

This book disseminates current information pertaining to the modulatory effects of foods and
other food substances on behavior and neurological pathways and, importantly, vice versa …

With its primary focus on the psychology of eating from a social, health, and clinical
perspective, the second edition of The Psychology of Eating: From Healthy to Disordered …

Notes that much of normal drinking occurs around mealtime and that little is known about the
physiological mechanisms involved, despite the identification of neurological substrates and …

Writing this book has been a pleasure, but it has also been frustrating. It was a delight to see
that the facts of food preferences, eating, and food behavior conform in many ways to the …

This book reports the results of a symposium in which 16 experts discussed what determines
the food we eat. The subject matter takes the reader from molecular or biological …

This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food
consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explanation of food choice and it …

Can certain foods hijack the brain in ways similar to drugs and alcohol, and is this effect
sufficiently strong to contribute to major diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart …