Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Introductions: The Essential Nutrients of the Psychology of Eating and Drinking

CHAPTER 2 Down the Hatch: Hunger and Satiety

CHAPTER 3  “You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry”: Thirst

CHAPTER 4  The Nose Knows (and So Does the Tongue)

CHAPTER 5  Genes Rule—Or Do They?

CHAPTER 6  One Person’s Meat Is Another Person’s Poison: The Effects of Experience on Food Preferences

CHAPTER 7  This or That: Choosing What We Eat and Drink

CHAPTER 8  You Are What You Eat and Drink

CHAPTER 9  “Hunger Talks a Most Persuasive Language”: Anorexia and Bulimia

CHAPTER 10  The Battle With the Bulge: Overeating and Obesity

CHAPTER 11  Drinking Your Life Away: Alcohol Use and Abuse

CHAPTER 12  How Sweet It Is: Type 2 Diabetes

CHAPTER 13  Strictly About Females

CHAPTER 14  When and Why Smoking Affects Your Weight

CHAPTER 15  We Do Not Live by Bread Alone: Cuisine, Beer, and Wine


Paperback: 392 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 4th edition (2015)
ISBN: 978-0-415-81707-3