The Psychology of Eating: From Healthy to Disordered Behavior

Dieting 145 assess both undereating and overeating (i.e., the Restraint Scale), others focus mainly on food restriction (i.e., D ...

146 Dieting overeating, with some measures specifically selecting a population of dieters with a tendency to overeat. Researcher ...

Dieting 147 and obesity. However, there are problems with restraint theory, with researchers questioning the link between dietin ...

8 Obesity One problem related to eating behavior is obesity. This chapter first exam- ines the prevalence and definition of obes ...

Obesity 149 population is being considered – someone could be obese in India but not in the US. It is therefore not used for adu ...

150 Obesity percentage body fat directly. At its most basic this involves assessing skinfold thickness using calipers, normally ...

Obesity 151 How Common Is Obesity? In the UK, rates of obesity are on the increase. If obesity is defined as a BMI greater than ...

152 Obesity There is also a literature that explores whether childhood obesity tracks into adulthood. For example, Funatogawa, F ...

Obesity 153 more at risk if obese, women are more concerned about weight than men, and most treatment studies examine women. It ...

154 Obesity BMI and mortality. This therefore suggests that an increased BMI is related to mortality and that this stands regard ...

Obesity 155 depression-related problems. Similarly, Kasen et al. (2008) explored the rela- tionship between depression and BMI i ...

156 Obesity overweight was unrelated to depression. A small subgroup in Ross’s study who were both overweight and depressed tend ...

Obesity 157 not always have a negative impact upon an individual’s psychological state. Therefore, although some obese people ma ...

158 Obesity of nonidentical twins reared together, who have different genes but similar environments. The results show that the ...

Obesity 159 Metabolic rate theory The body uses energy to carry out the chemical and biological processes which are essential to ...

160 Obesity this theory. In particular, there is no evidence to suggest that obese people generally have lower metabolic rates t ...

Obesity 161 responsible for obesity. Some work using small animals has identified a single gene which is associated with profoun ...

162 Obesity A neural model of obesity The role of neurotransmitters in understanding food intake was outlined in chapter 3. In t ...

Obesity 163 and were less efficient at burning it off (such as the Pima Indians discussed above). According to this analysis, wh ...

164 Obesity foods such as fast foods and takeaways. They have identified environ- mental factors which encourage us to live an i ...