The Psychology of Food Choice

by Richard Shepherd, Monique Raats

Overview

Written by leading international experts, this book explores one of the central difficulties faced by nutritionists today; how to improve people's health by getting them to change their dietary behaviour. It provides an overview of the current understanding of consumer food choice by exploring models of food choice, the motivations of consumers, biological, learning and societal influences on food choice, and food choices across the lifespan. It concludes by examining the barriers to dietary change and how nutritionists can best impact upon dietary behaviour.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851990323
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	08/29/2006
Series:	Frontiers in Nutritional Science , #3
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Models of food choice
The integration of biological, social, cultural and pscyhological influence on food choice
Biological and learning influences on food choice
Biological influences on energy intake
Mood, emotions and food choice
Societal influences on food choice
Marketing parameters and their influence on consumer food choice
The impact of the media on food choice
Food choices across lifepan
Adolescents, food choice and vegetarianism
Changing dietary behaviour
Eating behaviour in obesity