Psychology of feeding regulation
by Leighann Chaffee
1. Taste Preference
1.1. Role of culture
1.2. Role of conditioning (learning)
1.3. Role of Biology: "tasters" versus "nontasters" and "supertasters"
2. Reward pathways
2.1. Dopamine reward pathway
2.2. Binging and Addiction (Avena et al., 2008)
3. Ecology of eating
3.1. Portions and unit bias (culture again)
3.2. Social facilitation: we eat more with others (Wansink)
3.3. Obesity and social network (Christakis and Fowler, 2007)
4. Disordered eating
4.1. Obesity
4.1.1. Thrifty phenotype - biological basis