Psychological explanations of obesity Flashcards
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Restrained Eaters
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People trying to eat less or dieiting
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Restraint theory-Cognitive boundary
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Trying to eat less can cause more eating.A cognitive boundary is set.If this boundary is crossed eating becomes disinhibited
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Physiological Boundary
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Body weight set point,and body fat stores act as a boundary to eating.
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A03-POLIVY
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Polivy researched the effect of dieting and found a “causal link”Between dieting and binging.
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A03-Practical Application
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Understanding that restrictive diets can cause overeating helps us to find more effective ways of losing weight
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a03-Correlation
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People prone yo obesity may be more likely to restrict their eating,rather than a restricted diet causing obesity.
