Psychology › Section J · Emotion and motivation › Topic J.2
Hunger and eating
Hunger looks like the simplest drive there is, yet deciding when to start and stop eating draws on the stomach, the blood, fat tissue, the brain and a lifetime of learning. This topic follows those signals and then looks at body weight and eating disorders, for understanding only.
In this topic
- More than an empty stomach
- Signals that start a meal
- Signals that end a meal
- The brain puts it together
- Learning, culture and the plate
- Metabolism and the set point
- Worked example: following the signals through a day
- Body mass index and its limits
- Worked example: one formula, two people
- Genes and eating disorders
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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