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Identity Lag
A psychonutritional phenomenon describing the temporal gap between a person’s changing body, metabolic state, and eating patterns (for example, rapid weight loss or appetite…
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Interdisciplinary
In nutritional psychology, interdisciplinary refers to intentionally integrating the psychological sciences (e.g., cognition, emotion, behavior, psychosocial functioning, perception, interoception, mental health) with the nutritional…
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The term ‘availability,’ categorized within the Diet-Behavior Relationship in nutritional psychology, refers to a determinant of dietary intake behavior: the presence and accessibility of foods in…
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The satiety cascade is a conceptual model describing the sequence of physiological and psychological signals that arise during and after eating and that progressively reduce…
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Postprandial somnolence (often called a “food coma”) is the feeling of drowsiness, mental fogginess, or reduced alertness that occurs after eating, especially after a…
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Barry Popkin’s “Nutrition Transition” concept refers to the large-scale shifts in populations’ diet and physical activity patterns that occur alongside economic and social change—especially…
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