Nutrition and behavior : a multidisciplinary approach / John Worobey, Beverly J. Tepper and Robin B. Kanarek ; with a contribution by Kristen E. D’Anci.
Imprint
Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2006
Descript
vii, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
CONTENT
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, mental performance and behavior -- Bio-behavioral and psychosocial influences on nutrition -- 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