Nutrition and behavior : a multidisciplinary approach
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Wallingford, UK
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CABI
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2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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vi, 266 p. : ill.
GENERAL NOTES
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Preceded by Nutrition and behavior/ John Worobey, Beverly J. Tepper and Robin B. Kanarek; with a contribution by Kristen E. D'Anci. c2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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John Worobey, Beverly J. Tepper, Robin Kanarek
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2nd ed
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Concepts and models in nutrition and behavior -- Research methods and analytic strategies -- Direct effects of nutrition on behavior : brain-behavior connections -- Short-term effects of nutrition on behavior : neurotransmitters -- Effects of chronic and acute forms of undernutrition -- B vitamins, the central nervous system, and behavior -- Minerals, the central nervous system, and behavior -- Dietary supplements and mental functioning -- Bio-behavioral and psychosocial influences on food selection -- Dietary sugar and behavior -- Caffeine, the methylxanthines, and behavior -- Alcohol, brain functioning and behavior -- Eating disorder syndromes: anorexia and bulimia nervosa -- Behavioral aspects of overweight and obesity