Chapter 7- Eating Flashcards
Describe eating health enhancing behaviors
eating balanced diet that is high in fruits, vegetables, and high fiber grains, eating lean proteins, and small amounts of healthy fat.
Describe eating health compromising behaviors
eating foods that are high in (saturated) fats, high sugar, high salt; highly processed, low fiber, and high caloric foods
What is Obesinogenic diet?
It is a diet in which over half of the calories are fats and sugars
Describe the “Set point theory”
Set-point theory (Keesey & Powley, 1975): everyone’s weight settles around a particular weight all of their life; controlled by the number of fat cells, size of fat cells
our Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Describe the “Settling point Theory”
people can alter their set-point for long periods of time (higher or lower) by changing caloric intake and exercising.
know the affective influences on eating: depression and anxiety.
Longitudinal studies suggest that DEPRESSION leads to LESS EATING
ANXIETY: complicated. Some people eat MORE when anxious; others eat LESS
Know the cognitive influences on eating. Also know the gender difference in the effect of perceived stress on eating.
Inattention or forgetting: evidence that people overeat because they are not paying attention to what they are eating or they forget what they ate during the day.
Gender differences in terms of effects of stress on eating:
Women eat more when they are stressed.
Intrapersonal Models: what did the Health Belief Model propose?
Proposed that perceived severity and perceived susceptibility of disease are much more predictive of eating than perceptions about behavioral consequences (costs and benefits).
Intrapersonal Models: what is proposed by The Theory of planed Behavior?
Proposed that attitudes toward behavior, perceived control over behavior, and subjective norms are ALL IMPORTANT predictors of eating
Interpersonal Model: what is proposed by the Social Cognitive Theory
Proposed children learn the most by observing their mom’s food-related behavior (observational learning) and that self-efficacy influences the amount and type of food you eat.
Interpersonal Model: Social Support/Network
If you have a (significant other) sibling, spouse, or friend who is obese, you are more likely to be obese.
Define Obesity
Obesity is commonly defined as weight in excess of 25% of the normal weight for one’s height, body type, and sex. Excess weight is almost all fat (adipose tissue) In 1962, about 13% obese; in 2010, 35.7% obese. The USA has the highest rate of obesity.
What are the determinants of obesity?
BIOLOGICAL (genetically), BEHAVIORAL and ENVIRONMENTAL
Three behavioral problems linked to obesity
1) an increased caloric intake
2) binge eating
3) eating foods that are high in fat and sugar.
What are some environmental influences of obesity
TOXIC ENVIRONMENT: vending machines, convenience stores with no healthy food
Food deserts- paucity or scarcity of healthy foods)
CULTURAL NORMS Only 38% of meals are prepared at home; 50% of food budget is spent on meals out
