Eating Behaviour Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Powell and Khan

A

Eating concerns and disorders are more characteristic of white women than black or Asian

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Ball and Kennedy

A

Studied over 14.000 Australian women. Results showed that for all ethnic groups, the longer the time spent in the country, the more likely they were to report similar attitudes and eating behaviours to Australian women

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Mumford et al

A

The incidence of bulima was more common amongst Asian schoolgirls than their white counterparts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Striegel-Moore et al

A

Found more evidence for a ‘drive for thinness’ among black girls than among white girls

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Dornbusch et al

A

Surveyed 7000 American students. Higher class females had a greater desire to be thin and were more likely to diet to achieve this

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Storey et al

A

In a sample of American students, higher social class was related to greater satisfaction with weight and lower rates of weight control behaviour

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Rozin et al

A

In all 4 countries studied, females were more likely to associate food with health and men were more likely to associate it with pleasure

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Verplanken et al

A

Correlational analysis on mood, impulse buying and snack consumption.
Those with low self esteem were more likely to impulse buy and consume snacks

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Ogden’s Masking Hypothesis

A

Negative mood states can be masked by a temporary heightened mood induced by eating

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Boundary Model

A

Hunger keeps intake of food above a certain minimum, and satiety keeps intake below a certain maximum. Dieters have a larger range between these levels, meaning it takes them longer to feel hungry and more food to satisfy them. They also have a desired intake, but once they go over it, they continue to eat ‘what the heck effect’

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Wardle and Beales

A

Assigned women to either a diet group, an exercise group, or a control group for 7 weeks. At week 4, food intake and appetite was assessed before and after a ‘preload’ and again at week 6. Both times, women in the diet condition ate more than the others, supporting the Restraint Theory.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

LPL

A

Enzyme which stores calories as fat. If too much is produced, the body will be very efficient at storing calories, making it easier to regain lost weight

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Kern et al

A

LPL levels measured before dieting and 3 months after people who had lost 90pounds. Levels of LPL rose after weight loss, and the more obese the person was to start with, the higher the LPL levels were.

Weight loss activated the gene producing LPL, explains why it is easy to regain lost weight after a diet.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Dual Centre Model of Feeding

A
  • Feelings of hunger, feeding starts
  • Glucose levels increase, ghrelin levels decrease
  • VMH satiety centre is activated
  • Feeling of satiety
  • Signals of declining nutrients- glucose levels drop, ghrelin levels increase
  • LH activated
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Hetherhigton and Ranson

A

Made lesions into rats VMH. The lesions destroyed their control for eating. This led to hyperphagia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Anold and Brobeck

A

Made lesions into rats’ LH. This led to a loss of feeding behaviour, known as aphagia

17
Q

Leptin- a neuropeptide

A

Leptin is a neuropeptide that is secreted from fat cells into the blood and signals that calorific storage is high.

The hypothalamus interprets low leptin levels as a lack of calories, so generates the feeling of hunger.

18
Q

Cummings et al

A

Ghrelin levels fell straight after participants ate lunch, and began to rise again after and peaked as they requested their evening meal. 5 out of the 6 participants had ghrelin levels which closely correlated with their hunger levels.

19
Q

Desor et al

A

Investigated babies food preferences based on their facial expressions and sucking behaviour. The newborn babies had a preference for sweet food, and rejected the bitter tasting food

20
Q

Gibson and Wardle

A

The best way to predict which fruit and vegetables 4-5 year olds liked was how dense they were in calories. Potatoes and bananas were preferred.

21
Q

Cordain

A

Argued that early humans could have consumed most of their calories from NON-animal sources.

22
Q

Abrams

A

All societies display a preference for animal-foods. It’s impossible for early humans to be vegetarians as they would not have gained sufficient calories from non-animal foods

23
Q

Garcia

A

Studied rats in a lab and used radiation in their foods. They developed an ability to avoid the radiation food.

24
Q

Sandell and Breslin

A

Screened 35 adults for a bitter taste receptor gene. Participants rated the bitterness of arious vegetables. Those with the sensitive form of the gene rated the vegetables which contained toxins as 60% more bitter than those with the insensitive form of the gene