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Author Mela, David J.

Title Food, eating and obesity : the psychobiological basis of appetite and weight control / David J. Mela, Peter J. Rogers
Edition First edition
Published London ; Weinheim ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1998

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Description viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface vii -- List of abbreviations used ix -- 1 Control of appetite and energy balance and imbalance 1 -- 1.1 Some background and the concept of homeostasis 1 -- 1.2 A note on terminology 2 -- 1.3 Feedback control of body weight (fat) 4 -- 1.4 An ecological and evolutionary perspective on energy balance 9 -- 1.5 Summary 12 -- 2 Hunger, palatability and satiation: physiological and learned 14 -- influences on eating -- 2.1 Appetite and pleasure 14 -- 2.2 Meal initiation 14 -- 2.3 The maintenance and termination of eating 23 -- 2.4 Integration of influences on eating behaviour 39 -- 2.5 Summary 40 -- 3 Energy intake and expenditure: basic concepts and issues 42 -- 3.1 Dietary energy sources 42 -- 3.2 Energy expenditure 43 -- 3.3 Energy. intake and expenditure in obesity 46 -- 3.4 Macronutrient utilization 52 -- 3.5 Energy balance and body weight: practical applications 57 -- 3.6 Summary 59 -- 4 Genetics of obesity and energy balance 62 -- 4.1 Obesity: Nature or nurture? 62 -- 4.2 Inherited aspects of energy balance 64 -- 4.3 Summary 71 -- 5 Food composition, food intake and energy balance 74 -- 5.1 Macronutrients, energy density and energy intake 74 -- 5.2 Palatability, food composition and energy intake 92 -- -- -- -- 5.3 Post-prandial influences of food composition 96 -- 5.4 Summary 99 -- 6 Sensory responses, food preferences and macronutrient 101 -- selection -- 6.1 Obesity, sensory perception and sensory preferences 102 -- 6.2 Obesity, food preferences and selections 105 -- 6.3 Macronutrient intakes and weight status 109 -- 6.4 Summary 113 -- 7 Patterns of food intake 115 -- 7.1 Microstructure of eating 115 -- 7.2 Eating frequency and obesity 116 -- 7.3 Circadian distribution of eating 127 -- 7.4 Summary 129 -- 8 Externality, dietary restraint and the cognitive control of 130 -- eating -- 8.1 External cue control of eating and the need for restraint 130 -- 8.2 Some background and the externality theory of obesity 130 -- 8.3 Weight concern, dieting and overeating 131 -- 8.4 Restraint, and successful and unsuccessful dieting 138 -- 8.5 Effects of dietary restraint and dieting on eating in 142 -- everyday life -- 8.6 Some further consequences of dietary restraint: hunger 144 -- and eating variability -- 8.7 Dieting, restraint and obesity 148 -- 8.8 Summary 148 -- 9 Mood, food craving and food 'addiction' as causes of 150 -- overeating -- 9.1 Food, mood and appetite 150 -- 9.2 Emotionality, the psychosomatic theory of obesity, and 150 -- binge eating -- 9.3 Serotonin, mood and 'craving' for carbohydrates 152 -- 9.4 Biological, cognitive and socio-cultural dimensions 158 -- of food 'addiction' -- 9.5 Summary 164 -- 10 Conclusions 166 -- References 169 -- Index 215
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 167-214
Notes Also available in print
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Subject Appetite disorders.
Appetite regulation
Appetite.
Body weight -- Physiology.
Body weight -- Regulation.
Energy metabolism.
Feeding behavior
Food preferences.
Food habits.
Nutrition.
Obesity -- Physiological aspects.
Obesity -- Psychological aspects.
Weight loss -- Psychological aspects.
Appetite [MESH]
Energy Metabolism [MESH]
Food Habits [MESH]
Nutrition [MESH]
Obesity [MESH]
Obesity -- psychology [MESH]
Obesity -- physiopathology.
Obesity -- psychology.
Appetite.
Energy Metabolism.
Feeding Behavior.
Food Habits.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Appetite Regulation.
Appetite.
Body Weight -- physiology.
Feeding Behavior.
Author Rogers, Peter J.
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LC no. 97068946
ISBN 0412719207