Eating and Nutrition Flashcards
motive and need for energy
eating
need for food as fuel (Eating)
biological
fear, love, and guilt (Eating)
emotional
expectations and beliefs of the world (Eating)
cognitive
reactions of others (Eating)
social
our bodies have a weight in mind that we want to maintain
set point theory
start eating center (internal signal for hunger)
can be destroyed where you can’t eat, but can be coaxed into eating again
lateral hypothalamus
stop eating center (internal signal for hunger)
overeat when destroyed
ventromedial hypothalamus
stimulates certain food groups (internal signal for hunger)
paraventricular nucleus
satiated signal (internal signal for hunger)
lowers glucose for diabetes
insulin
satiated signal (internal signal for hunger)
when produce, you eat less because you’re satisfied
leptin
smell, taste, and pleasure (external signal for hunger)
sensory cues
serving size, memory of recent eating, conditioned to eat what’s in front of us (external signal for hunger)
normative cues
you eat more when you are with people - unconscious cues (external signal for hunger)
social cues
80% of people overeat when _______
food is rewarding and soothing
(external signal for hunger)
stress