Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition

Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition Victor R. Preedy Ronald Ross Watson Colin R. Martin, editors Few phenomena--if any--are as universal and fulfilling as eating. And few bonds are as intricate and personal as our relationship with food: our choices and preferences, our phobias and aversions, the sensory and emotional experience of eating. This relationship is reciprocal as well; as the components of food affect eaters' behavior, so too do these responses impact what they eat, how much, and why. The Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition explores both sides of this story, with over 200 chapters covering topics at the cellular, systemic, individual, and population levels (and ranging from prenatal feeding to nutritional decline in the elderly), geared to professionals across the behavioral, nutrition, food, and health fields. National and international experts offer the latest data and new ideas on perennial issues (e.g., obesity, anorexia), specialized topics (e.g., emotional effects of chocolate, night eating syndrome), and emerging trends in these areas of eating and behavior: • General and normative aspects. • Pathological and abnormal aspects. • Specific conditions and diseases affecting diet. • Interventions to change eating behavior and attitudes in children, adolescents, and adults. • Behavioral assessment methods. • Plus helpful "Key Facts," "Summary Points," and "Applications to Other Area" features, and dozens of tables and figures. Theoretically rich and real-world practical, the Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition addresses the interests of a wide audience, including psychologists, nutritionists, dieticians, public health professionals, pharmacologists, food scientists, and physicians. Additionally, pathologists, food marketing professionals, and policymakers will find it an invaluable source of objective information on increasingly salient issues Front Matter....Pages i-lxvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Diet and Brain Evolution: Nutritional Implications of Large Human Brain Size....Pages 3-15 Epigenetics, Phenotype, Diet, and Behavior....Pages 17-31 The Michigan State University Twin Registry (MSUTR): Genetic, Environmental, and Neurobiological Influences on Food and Diet-Related Behavior....Pages 33-43 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 Cerebral Activity to Visual Presentation of Food....Pages 47-58 Infant Visual Acuity and Relationships with Diet and Nutrition....Pages 59-71 Acquired Tastes: Establishing Food (Dis-)Likes by Flavour–Flavour Learning....Pages 73-84 Personality Traits in the Context of Sensory Preference: A Focus on Sweetness....Pages 85-97 Changes to Taste Perception in the Food Industry: Use of Cyclodextrins....Pages 99-118 Infantile Olfactory Learning....Pages 119-132 Texture and Diet Related Behavior: A Focus on Satiation and Satiety....Pages 133-142 Sensory Education: French Perspectives....Pages 143-157 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 The Role of Cholecystokinin (CCK) in Eating Behavior....Pages 161-174 The Role of Ghrelin in Eating Behavior....Pages 175-188 The Role of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (Glp-1) in Eating Behavior....Pages 189-201 The Role of PYY in Eating Behavior and Diet....Pages 203-216 The Role of Enterostatin in Eating Behavior and Diet....Pages 217-240 The Paradoxical Role of Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide (GIP) in Diet and Eating Behaviour in Health and Disease....Pages 241-257 The Relationship between the IGF System, Nutrition, and Behavior....Pages 259-269 Leptin and the CNS....Pages 271-287 Oxytocin and Appetite....Pages 289-302 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 The Role of Apolipoprotein APO A-IV in Eating Behavior and Diet....Pages 303-317 Brain Histamine Affects Eating and Drinking Behaviours....Pages 319-336 Ectopic Brain Peptides Posing as Adipokines: Fat as a Novel Site of kiss1 Expression....Pages 337-354 Orexigenic Hypothalamic Peptides Behavior and Feeding....Pages 355-369 Circadian Neuroendocrine-Immune Aspects of Feeding Behavior: Lessons from Calorie-Restricted or High-Fat-Fed Rats....Pages 371-385 Development of Regulation of Food Intake by the Gut and the Brain: Modeling in Animals....Pages 387-403 Front Matter....Pages 405-405 Dietary Proteins and Satiety-Related Neuronal Pathways in the Brain....Pages 407-421 The Importance of Trace Elements for Neurological Function....Pages 423-439 Cannabinoid Cb 1 Receptor Antagonists/Inverse Agonists and Food-Seeking Behavior....Pages 441-456 The Nutritional Neurotrophic Neoteny Theory: Evolutionary Interactions Among Diet, Brain, and Behavior....Pages 457-468 Forebrain Activation by Postoral Nutritive Substances....Pages 469-487 Oral Administration of Phosphatide Precursors Enhances Learning and Memory by Promoting Synaptogenesis....Pages 489-504 Gender Differences in Brain Activation by Food Stimulation....Pages 505-514 Food Perception in Adults: Neuroimaging Findings....Pages 515-530 Front Matter....Pages 531-531 The Breastfed Infant’s Neurobehavioral Organization: Implications for Child Health and Cognitive Development....Pages 533-545 Meal Composition and Cognitive Function....Pages 547-563 Dietary Amino Acids and Mood....Pages 565-576 Food Coloring, Sodium Benzoate Preservative, and D-serine: Implications for Behavior....Pages 577-584 Malonyl-CoA Signaling in the CNS: Hypothalamic Control of Feeding Behavior and Energy Expenditure....Pages 585-599 Emotional and Behavioral Aspects of Chocolate Eating....Pages 601-620 Front Matter....Pages 531-531 Psychological and Physiological Consequences of Drinking Tea....Pages 621-636 Coffee and Its Effects on the Brain....Pages 637-644 Selective Attention as a Mediator Between Food Motivation and Disposition to Act....Pages 645-658 The Pleasures and Memory of Food and Meals....Pages 659-672 Explicit and Implicit Attitudes to Food....Pages 673-692 Impact of Eating and Lifestyle Behaviors on Body Weight: Beyond Energy Value....Pages 693-706 Food Neophobia and Sensation Seeking....Pages 707-724 The Effects of Prior Beliefs and Learning on Consumers’ Acceptance of Genetically Modified Foods: Implications for Diet and Behavior....Pages 725-739 Food Cravings: A Central Construct in Food Intake Behavior, Weight Loss, and the Neurobiology of Appetitive Behavior....Pages 741-755 Non-sensory Factors Which Influence Choice Behavior of Foods That Have a Positive Effect on Health....Pages 757-770 The Concept of Chronotype in Eating Behaviors....Pages 771-782 Feeding and Sleep Behavior....Pages 783-796 Healthy Choices? The Implications of Direct and Indirect Stimuli for Product Perception and Food Consumption....Pages 797-814 Front Matter....Pages 815-815 The Physiological Relationships Between the Brainstem, Vagal Stimulation, and Feeding....Pages 817-828 Anticipatory Physiological Regulation in Feeding Biology....Pages 829-844 Food Intake and Heart Rate Variability: Toward a Momentary Biopsychosocial Understanding of Eating Behavior....Pages 845-863 Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Central Fatigue: Implications for Diet and Behavior....Pages 865-877 The Menstrual Cycle: Psychological, Behavioral, Physiological, and Nutritional Factors....Pages 879-888 Front Matter....Pages 889-889 Feeding Behavior and Body Mass Index....Pages 891-910 Blood Glucose Patterns and the Control of Feeding Behavior: A New Framework for the Control of Meal Initiation....Pages 911-928 Front Matter....Pages 889-889 Dynamics of Feeding Behavior: Role of Hypothalamic and Satiety Signals....Pages 929-939 Food Unpredictability and Foraging....Pages 941-956 The Impact of Family Meals on Diet and Food Behaviors....Pages 957-969 Front Matter....Pages 971-971 Television and Food Choice....Pages 973-986 The Construction of Eating Episodes, Food Scripts, and Food Routines....Pages 987-1009 Endogenous Opioids, Opioid Receptors, and Incentive Processes....Pages 1011-1019 Front Matter....Pages 1021-1021 Central Regulation of Appetite and Satiety Behavior....Pages 1023-1034 Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Peptide Hormone Release and Appetite....Pages 1035-1049 Manipulation of Diet to Alter Appetite....Pages 1051-1067 Disinhibition, Appetite, and Weight Regulation in Adults....Pages 1069-1085 The Effects of Exercise on Appetite Control....Pages 1087-1105 Whey Protein and Satiety: Implications for Diet and Behavior....Pages 1107-1124 Front Matter....Pages 1125-1125 Dietary n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Brain Lipid Fatty Acid Composition....Pages 1127-1138 Mother–Child Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Relationships: Implications for Diet and Behavior....Pages 1139-1156 Front Matter....Pages 1157-1157 Genetic Markers, Weight Reduction, and Behavioral Changes in Lifestyle....Pages 1159-1174 The Role of Gene Polymorphisms in Susceptibility to Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa....Pages 1175-1200 Changes in Brain Gene Expression in Nutrient Deficiencies: An Example with Iron....Pages 1201-1213 Front Matter....Pages 1215-1215 When Taste Triggers Sociophobia....Pages 1217-1230 Why Do We Dislike So Many Foods? Understanding Food Aversions....Pages 1231-1244 Influence of Cognitive Biases in Visual Evaluation of Food Amount in Patients Affected by Eating Disorders....Pages 1245-1259 Front Matter....Pages 1215-1215 Visual Processing, Food Cravings and Weight-Loss Dieters....Pages 1261-1271 Abnormal Physiologic Responses to Touch in Feeding Difficulties....Pages 1273-1281 Front Matter....Pages 1283-1283 Gut Peptides and Enteral Feeding in Critically Ill Patients: Implications for Gastric Dysmotility and Appetite....Pages 1285-1299 The Brain and Leptin Resistance and Implications for Food-Related Disorders....Pages 1301-1315 The Role of Bile Acids in Gut-Hormone-Induced Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery: Implications for Appetite Control and Diabetes....Pages 1317-1330 Orlistat and the Influence on Appetite Signals....Pages 1331-1350 Front Matter....Pages 1351-1351 Gastrointestinal Disorders in Neurologically Impaired Children....Pages 1353-1373 Dysphagia: Neurological and Behavioral Aspects....Pages 1375-1386 Neuropsychological Aspects of Eating Disorders – A Focus on Diagnostic Criteria....Pages 1387-1395 Lexical-gustatory Synesthesia and Food- and Diet-related Behavior....Pages 1397-1408 Front Matter....Pages 1409-1409 Rethinking the Eating Disorder Continuum: A Categorical Approach to Abnormal Eating....Pages 1411-1429 Cued Overeating....Pages 1431-1443 Frontal Behavioral Symptoms in Prader-Willi Syndrome....Pages 1445-1456 Culture to Culture: Fat-Phobia and Somatization....Pages 1457-1473 Examining the Relationship Between Binge Eating and Coping Strategies in Adolescents....Pages 1475-1486 Nutritional Influences on Antisocial Behavior....Pages 1487-1499 Disordered Eating and Mental Workload....Pages 1501-1514 Psychiatric Comorbidity in Eating Disorders....Pages 1515-1524 Cognitive Performance Deficits of Dieters....Pages 1525-1540 Disturbed Growth in Early Life and Later Neurocognitive Development Associated with Psychiatric Disorders....Pages 1541-1554 Front Matter....Pages 1409-1409 Coronary Heart Disease, Diet and Neurocognitive Functioning....Pages 1555-1566 Front Matter....Pages 1567-1567 Exercise, Appetite, and Energy Balance: The Interactions Between Energy Expenditure and Intake, and the Implications for Weight Management....Pages 1569-1584 Head Injury: Metabolic, Nutritional, and Energy Considerations....Pages 1585-1599 Front Matter....Pages 1601-1601 Behavioral Consequences of Force-feeding....Pages 1603-1618 Psychological Stress, Diary Methods, and Eating Behavior....Pages 1619-1633 Parental Restriction and Their Children’s Food Choices and Intake....Pages 1635-1644 The False Memory Diet: False Memories Alter Food Preferences....Pages 1645-1663 Eating Pattern and Bariatric Surgery....Pages 1665-1684 Front Matter....Pages 1685-1685 Food Addiction: Analysis With an Animal Model of Sugar Bingeing....Pages 1687-1704 The Lingering Impact of Negative Food Experiences: Which World War II Veterans Won’t Eat Chinese Food?....Pages 1705-1714 Changes in Food Neophobia and Food Preferences During a Weight Reduction Session: Influence of Taste Acuity on the Individual Trajectory....Pages 1715-1727 Front Matter....Pages 1729-1729 Dyspepsia and Appetite Regulation....Pages 1731-1743 Overnutrition in Mothers and Appetite Regulators in Offspring....Pages 1745-1757 Sex Hormones and Appetite in Women: A Focus on Bulimia Nervosa....Pages 1759-1767 Front Matter....Pages 1769-1769 Dietary n -3-Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Deprivation and Cytokine Signaling Pathways in the Brain....Pages 1771-1786 Dietary Supplementation of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Autism....Pages 1787-1796 Docosahexaenoic Acid and Cognitive Dysfunction....Pages 1797-1813 Front Matter....Pages 1815-1815 Maternal Dietary Intake of N-Nitroso Compounds from Cured Meat and the Risk of Pediatric Brain Tumors....Pages 1817-1831 Behavioral Aspects of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Diet, Causes, and Treatment....Pages 1833-1844 Interactions Between Diet, Immune System and Brain Function in the Symptom Profile of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome....Pages 1845-1857 Front Matter....Pages 1815-1815 The Relationship Between Nutrition and Neurocognitive Function in Schizophrenia....Pages 1859-1872 Neuronal Circuits and Neuroendocrine Responses Involved in Dehydration Induced by Water Restriction/Deprivation....Pages 1873-1895 Feminine Norms and Disordered Eating....Pages 1897-1910 The Dietary Antioxidants Alpha-Tocopherol and Alpha-Lipoic Acid and Their Synergy in Brain Disorders....Pages 1911-1921 Obsessive Eating....Pages 1923-1938 Eating Disorders and Suicide....Pages 1939-1965 Front Matter....Pages 1967-1967 Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Change in Food Intake During Pregnancy....Pages 1969-1983 Effect of Pregnancy and Consciousness Factors on Food-Related Behavior....Pages 1985-2007 Diet in the Aetiology and Management of Postpartum Depression: Knowing the Facts....Pages 2009-2020 Front Matter....Pages 2021-2021 Prenatal Diet and Stress Responsiveness....Pages 2023-2039 Early Nutrition and Postnatal Brain Growth in the Preterm Infant....Pages 2041-2053 Perinatal Undernutrition and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor....Pages 2055-2068 The Developing Brain and Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids....Pages 2069-2087 Dietary Choline for Brain Development....Pages 2089-2104 Iodine and Brain Development....Pages 2105-2134 Tryptophan intake and the influence of serotonin on development and plasticity of sensory circuits....Pages 2135-2151 Behavioral Aspects of Failure to Thrive in Infants and Young Children....Pages 2153-2167 Video Game Play, Behavior, and Dietary Health....Pages 2169-2181 Disinhibited Eating and Body Weight in Youth....Pages 2183-2200 Gender-Based Food Stereotypes Among Young Japanese....Pages 2201-2213 Front Matter....Pages 2215-2215 Diet-Related Behavioral Mechanisms in Times of Economic Constraint....Pages 2217-2237 Food Deprivation: A neuroscientific perspective....Pages 2239-2257 Symptoms of Starvation in Eating Disorder Patients....Pages 2259-2269 Epigenetics and Nutrition: B-Vitamin Deprivation and its Impact on Brain Amyloid....Pages 2271-2283 Reinforcement and Food Hedonics: A Look at How Energy Deprivation Impacts Food Reward....Pages 2285-2305 Nutritional Deficiencies and Spatial Memory Function....Pages 2307-2327 Arguments for a Relationship Between Malnutrition and Epilepsy....Pages 2329-2342 Cortical Spreading Depression: A Model for Studying Brain Consequences of Malnutrition....Pages 2343-2355 Dietary Zinc and the Brain....Pages 2357-2373 Dietary Copper and the Brain....Pages 2375-2392 Fetal–Neonatal Iron Deficiency Affects Neurotrophic Factor Expression, Neural Differentiation, and Neuroplasticity in the Rat Hippocampus....Pages 2393-2409 Iodine and brain metabolism....Pages 2411-2425 Riboflavin Deficiency, Brain Function, and Health....Pages 2427-2449 Brain Mechanisms Involved in the Detection and Adaptation to Lysine Deficiency....Pages 2451-2468 Front Matter....Pages 2469-2469 Genotypes and Phenotypes of Anorexia Nervosa....Pages 2471-2489 Metabolic Consequences in Anorexia Nervosa....Pages 2491-2501 Application of Personal Construct Theory to Understanding and Treating Anorexia Nervosa....Pages 2503-2515 Comorbidity in Anorexic Adolescents: Assessment Through ASEBA System and Semistructured Interviews....Pages 2517-2528 ACTH, Cortisol, Beta Endorphin, Catecholamines, and Serotonin in Anorexia Nervosa: Implications for Behavior....Pages 2529-2535 Front Matter....Pages 2537-2537 Ethnicity in Bulimia Nervosa and Other Eating Disorders....Pages 2539-2548 Front Matter....Pages 2537-2537 Dyscontrol in Women with Bulimia Nervosa: Lack of Inhibitory Control over Motor, Cognitive, and Emotional Responses in Women with Bulimia Nervosa....Pages 2549-2563 Experiences of Women with Bulimia Nervosa....Pages 2565-2582 The Night Eating Syndrome: An Overview....Pages 2583-2594 Front Matter....Pages 2595-2595 Metabolic Syndrome as a Disorder of the Brain with Its Origins in the Perinatal Period....Pages 2597-2616 Schizophrenia and the Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 2617-2626 Nutrition, Behavior, and the Developmental Origins of the Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 2627-2638 Front Matter....Pages 2639-2639 The Relationship Between Television Viewing and Overweight and Obesity in Young Children: A Review of Existing Explanations....Pages 2641-2657 The Dopamine Transporter Gene (DAT1) in Obesity and Binge Eating Disorders....Pages 2659-2672 Feeding and Satiety Signals in Prader-Willi Syndrome: Relation to Obesity, Diet, and Behavior....Pages 2673-2690 Front Matter....Pages 2691-2691 Insulin and Clinical Eating Disorders in Diabetes....Pages 2693-2712 Comparing Abnormal Eating Behavior in Type 1 and 2 Diabetic Patients....Pages 2713-2720 Binge Eating in Overweight and Obese Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes....Pages 2721-2729 Front Matter....Pages 2731-2731 High Blood Glucose and Damage to Neuronal Tissue....Pages 2733-2753 Neurological Aspects of Dietary Lead....Pages 2755-2774 Diet- and Mercury-induced Visual Loss....Pages 2775-2779 Front Matter....Pages 2781-2781 Soy, Tofu and Brain Function in the Elderly....Pages 2783-2815 Nutritional Risk in the Elderly with Cognitive Impairment: A Far Eastern Perspective....Pages 2817-2827 Aluminium in the Diet, Cognitive Decline and Dementia....Pages 2829-2850 Dietary Fatty Acids, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia....Pages 2851-2883 Nutritional Issues for Older People and Older People with Dementia in Institutional Environments....Pages 2885-2894 Front Matter....Pages 2895-2895 Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Brain in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder....Pages 2897-2913 Neuronal Cell Migration in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome....Pages 2915-2930 Folate and the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol on the Brain....Pages 2931-2947 Decreased Appetite for Food in Alcoholism....Pages 2949-2962 Gender Aspects in the Comorbidity of Eating Disorders and Alcohol Use Disorders....Pages 2963-2975 The Great Disinhibitor: Alcohol, Food Cues, and Eating Behavior....Pages 2977-2991 Brain Atrophy in Alcoholics....Pages 2993-3010 Alcohol Consumption in Predementia and Dementia Syndromes....Pages 3011-3044 Sweet Preference and Mood: Implications for the Risk of Alcoholism....Pages 3045-3059 Anxiety and Self Medication with Alcohol....Pages 3061-3074 Front Matter....Pages 3075-3075 Developmental Aspects of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) in Food Related Chronic Disease: The Example of Food Allergy....Pages 3077-3098 Nutrition and Quality of Life in Older People....Pages 3099-3113 Biopsychosocial, Behavioural Aspects and Quality of Life with Home Enteral Nutrition....Pages 3115-3135 Quality of Life, Diet, and Behavior in Cancer....Pages 3137-3151 Quality of Life Assessment in Prader–Willi Syndrome....Pages 3153-3162 Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life....Pages 3163-3172 Bariatric Surgery and Health-Related Quality of Life....Pages 3173-3185 The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease....Pages 3187-3197 Huntington’s Disease: Quality of Life and Diet....Pages 3199-3208 Front Matter....Pages 3209-3209 Personal Values, Vanity, Physical Health, and Perceived Body Image Influences in Food-Purchasing and Consumption Decisions....Pages 3211-3219 Front Matter....Pages 3209-3209 Factors Influencing Body Image During Adolescence....Pages 3221-3239 Body Image and Eating Disorders Among Immigrants....Pages 3241-3254 Front Matter....Pages 3255-3255 “My Body Is My Template”: Why Do People Suffering from Anorexia Nervosa See Their Bodies Differently?....Pages 3257-3270 Motor Learning Approaches for Improving Negative Eating-related Behaviors and Swallowing and Feeding Skills in Children....Pages 3271-3284 The Young and Adolescents: Initiating Change in Children’s Eating Behavior....Pages 3285-3294 Eating Disorders and Behavioral Aspects of School-Based Prevention Programs....Pages 3295-3305 Treating Obesity in Childhood: Behavioral Considerations....Pages 3307-3325 Front Matter....Pages 3327-3327 The Potential of Internet-Based Programs for Eating Disorder Prevention in Students....Pages 3329-3342 Behavioral Interventions for Preventing and Treating Obesity in Adults....Pages 3343-3360 The Use of a Cognitive Behavioral Program for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction....Pages 3361-3374 Treatment of Diet-Related Disorders in Adult Diabetes....Pages 3375-3387 Front Matter....Pages 3389-3389 The Impact of Health-Promoting Media-Literacy Education on Nutrition and Diet Behavior....Pages 3391-3411 Treatment of the Night Eating Syndrome....Pages 3413-3422 Front Matter....Pages 3423-3423 Psychological Assessment of Eating Disorders....Pages 3425-3435 Behavioral Assessment of Pediatric Feeding Problems....Pages 3437-3452 Use of the International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) to Assess Personality Disorders in Eating Disorders....Pages 3453-3470 The Assessment of Bulimic Symptomatology: Factorial Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburgh Across Gender and Age....Pages 3471-3486 Weight-Related Eating Behavior Questionnaires: Applying Theory to Measurement....Pages 3487-3506 Ambient, On-Body, and Implantable Monitoring Technologies to Assess Dietary Behavior....Pages 3507-3526 Erratum to: Whey Protein and Satiety: Implications for Diet and Behavior....Pages E1-E1 Selective Attention as a Mediator Between Food Motivation and Disposition to Act....Pages E3-E3 Back Matter....Pages 3527-3600 This book disseminates current information pertaining to the modulatory effects of foods and other food substances on behavior and neurological pathways and, importantly, vice versa. This ranges from the neuroendocrine control of eating to the effects of life-threatening disease on eating behavior. The importance of this contribution to the scientific literature lies in the fact that food and eating are an essential component of cultural heritage but the effects of perturbations in the food/cognitive axis can be profound. The complex interrelationship between neuropsychological processing, diet, and behavioral outcome is explored within the context of the most contemporary psychobiological research in the area. This comprehensive psychobiology- and pathology-themed text examines the broad spectrum of diet, behavioral, and neuropsychological interactions from normative function to occurrences of severe and enduring psychopathological processes. This book addresses limitations in other works that may individually look at a one-way or unidirectional relationship between food and behavior. It examines, in the context of bidirectional relationship at multiple levels, the connection between food and behavior. For example, it examines at both preclinical and clinical levels, from genes to populations, (a) how components in food will affect our behavior and sensory responses and (b) how our behavior and sensory responses affect what foods we eat, their pattern of consumption, and so on. In other words it truly bridges the transdisciplinary divide. The book consists of approximately 100 chapters (it is anticipated that chapters will be added to the current roster), conveniently divided into seven sections representing the various subdisciplines and speciality areas, namely: General aspects Eating and food choice Mental tasks and performance: influence of diet < Obesity and dieting Eating disorders Organic pathologies and interrelationships with eating Changing eating behavior and attitudes "In this book the editors aim to disseminate important data pertaining to the modulatory effects of foods and nutritional substances on behavior and neurological pathways and visa versa. This ranges from the neuroendocrine control of feeding to the effects of disease on the brain. The importance of this book pertains to the fact that food is an essential component of cultural heritage but the effects of perturbations in the food-cognitive axis can be quite profound. The complex inter-relationship between neuropsychological processing, diet and beharioural outcome is explored within the context of the most contemporary psychobiological research in the area. This comprehensive psychobiologically and pathology-themed text examines the broad spectrum of diet, behavioural and neuropsychological interactions from normative function to occurrences of severe and enduring psychopathology. The editors have taken a scientific and objective stand and included chapters that scrutinize the relationships between the brain, behaviour, food and nutrition in a scientific and rational way"--Preface Annotation This book disseminates current information pertaining to the modulatory effects of foods and other food substances on behavior and neurological pathways and, importantly, vice versa. This ranges from the neuroendocrine control of eating to the effects of life-threatening disease on eating behavior. The importance of this contribution to the scientific literature lies in the fact that food and eating are an essential component of cultural heritage but the effects of perturbations in the food/cognitive axis can be profound. The complex interrelationship between neuropsychological processing, diet, and behavioral outcome is explored within the context of the most contemporary psychobiological research in the area. This comprehensive psychobiology- and pathology-themed text examines the broad spectrum of diet, behavioral, and neuropsychological interactions from normative function to occurrences of severe and enduring psychopathological processes