The Psychology of Eating: From Healthy to Disordered Behavior

378 Subject Index

symptoms
as communicative acts 243, 264
family therapy in 264
function of 255 – 6
symbolic meaning 237
systems model seefamily systems
model

taste-test method 129
teasing (effects) 90
teeth /tooth erosion 220, 222, 231,
232
television 27, 37, 83, 97, 106, 107,
165, 166
theory of ironic processes of mental
control 135
theory of planned behavior (TPB) 44,
45, 46, 47
theory of reasoned action (TRA) 44,
45
therapeutic alliance 266
countertransference 257
inpatient treatment and 268 – 9, 273
psychoanalytic psychotherapy
255–7
transference 257
thinness 106, 108, 110, 112, 122, 125,
247, 248, 249
stereotypes 89, 90 –1, 93, 96
thought suppression 134 – 6
Three Factor Eating Questionnaire
( TFEQ ) 128, 144, 145
thrifty genes hypothesis 162 – 3
thrombosis 12, 13
transference 257
tricyclic antidepressants 53, 54
tryptophan 53, 54

tube feeding 270 –1

tuberculosis 189

twin studies 157 – 8, 163, 167, 227,

234 – 5, 236

UK National Food Survey 170

undereating 141, 142, 143, 146, 179

underweight 12, 186

urinary tract stones 16

US Department of Agriculture 21

US Department of Health and Human

Services 52

waist circumference 149, 190, 209

weight 50, 72, 141– 2, 146

maintenance 191– 4, 199 – 200,

209 –10

measurement problems 185 – 7

restoration 268, 269 – 71, 273

variability (predictors) 175 – 6

weight loss 18, 19

dieting and 128, 139 – 40, 175 – 6

drugs 194 – 6

exercise and 191, 192, 193 – 4

obesity treatment and 199 – 202,

203 – 4, 209, 210

Weight Watchers 120 –1, 124 – 5,

183

“What the Hell effect” 130, 132 – 4,

137

Women’s Therapy Centers 258, 262

World Health Organization (WHO)

12, 22, 151, 152, 153

young adults

body dissatisfaction 102, 107

healthy diet 23 – 4