Conceptual framework for nutritional psychology as a new field of research

Nutritional psychology as a new field of research: Many recent discoveries highlight a robust bidirectional link between nutrition and psychological processes. Despite these developments, the systematic and formalized study of this connection is only beginning, and nutritional psychology is not yet considered a formal area of study within the psychological sciences. This paper defines the scope of nutritional psychology through 6 core areas of conceptualization, each informed by an interdisciplinary and growing body of evidence spanning the psychological and nutritional sciences. These include the diet-conative/affective, diet-cognitive, diet-sensory/perception, diet-interoceptive, diet-psychosocial, and diet-environmental relationships. Introducing these conceptualizations contributes to the development of innovative interdisciplinary language, method, and conceptualization of the diet-mental health relationship within nutritional psychology. [NPID: Nutritional psychology, diet-mental health, nutrition, psychology, conceptual framework]

Year: 2025

Reference: Stroebele-Benschop, N., Hedrih, V., Behairy, S., Pervaiz, N., & Morphew-Lu, E. (2025). Conceptual Framework for Nutritional Psychology as a New Field of Research. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 15(8), 1007. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15081007

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