Development of “Sport and Disordered Eating” Research Category In Nutritional Psychology

Athletes are under immense pressure. Athletes feel the pressure to perform their best to win, attain coveted scholarships, be selected in a draft, and even to look a certain way (i.e. achieve perfection). As we’ve seen within the sporting culture,...

Special Topic in Nutritional Psychology: Factors Contributing to Food Selection Behavior

Researchers continue to pursue a better understanding of how our food choices and eating behaviors are influenced by the subjective sensations we experience in relation to foods. In their 2020 study, Duerland and colleagues explored the relationship between subjective sensations...

Does Perception of Body Weight During Adolescence Influence Dietary Intake?

Adolescents seem to be vulnerable to feeling dissatisfied with their weight and body shape (Clay et al., 2005). Their perception of their body image (i.e., their Diet-Perceptual Relationship) may be shaped by the opinions of their family and friends; what...

Do Taste Perception, Preference, Personality, Mood, and Dietary Intake Behavior Interconnect?

For hundreds of years, scientists have suspected a connection between our personality traits and taste preferences. Anton Brillat-Savarin, the famous French gastronome, is quoted saying, “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.” Tell...

Diet Improves Cognitive Performance and Brain Vascular Health in Older Adults

Due to the aging world population, the number of people with cognitive impairment will have doubled by the year 2035. In addition, the number of individuals with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) will increase substantially. Common denominators...

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Development of “Sport and Disordered Eating” Research Category In Nutritional Psychology

Special Topic in Nutritional Psychology: Factors Contributing to Food Selection Behavior

Does Perception of Body Weight During Adolescence Influence Dietary Intake?

Do Taste Perception, Preference, Personality, Mood, and Dietary Intake Behavior Interconnect?

Diet Improves Cognitive Performance and Brain Vascular Health in Older Adults

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