Table Of ContentHandbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition
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Victor R. Preedy Ronald Ross Watson
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Colin R. Martin
Editors
Handbook of Behavior,
Food and Nutrition
Editors
Prof. Victor R. Preedy Prof. Ronald Ross Watson
King’s College London University of Arizona
Department Nutrition & Dietetics Health Sciences Center
150 Stamford St. Department of Health Promotion Sciences
London SE1 9NH 1295 N. Martin Ave.
UK Tucson, AZ 85724-5155
USA
Prof. Colin R. Martin
University of the West of Scotland
Ayr Campus
KA8 0SR Ayr
UK
ISBN 978-0-387-92270-6 e-ISBN 978-0-387-92271-3
DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-92271-3
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Foreword
The Editors are to be commended for bringing together what is arguably the best and
most comprehensive text book on the complex interrelationships between the brain,
behaviour, food selection and choice. There are more than 200 chapters describing
not only how behaviour affects our food selection but also how what we eat affects
how we behave. Content covers genetics, sensory factors, endocrine and neuro-endo-
crine processes, neurology, behaviour, psychology, physiology, the act of eating, food
choice, selection, preferences, appetite, pregnancy, human development, children and
adolescents, ageing, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, obesity, nutrient excess and
toxicity, alcoholism, quality of life, body image and much more. The authors have
helpfully included chapters on changing eating behaviour and attitudes. The
International Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition can truly be said to be
research based, theoretical, factual, scientific, academic and practical.
The International Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition is without doubt a
quality text attractive to the wide range of practitioners and intelligent readers with an
interest in these areas. These contributions are a testament not only to the skills of the
authors, but the Editorial attributes of Professor Preedy, Watson and Martin. They
have marshalled together a truly international team of experts. I especially like the
structuring of the chapters. Each contribution has a mini-dictionary, “key facts” and
“summary points” to facilitation the navigation across fields of interest.
This is a cross-disciplinary book of tremendous importance to the health of indi-
viduals and society at large and deserves wide dissemination.
The Editors and all the authors are to be congratulated.
Prof Betty Kershaw DBE FRCN
Emeritus Dean
The School of Nursing and Midwifery
The University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
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Preface
In this book the Editors aims 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 behavioural outcome is explored within the
context of the most contemporary psychobiological research in the area. This com-
prehensive psychobiologically and pathology-themed text examines the broad spec-
trum 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.
In very simple terms this books addresses limitations in other works that may
individually look at the one-way-traffic of either food and behavior. This book exam-
ines via two-way-traffic at multiple levels. For example, it examines at both preclini-
cal and clinical levels, genes and populations, and how (a) components in food will
affect our sensory responses and (b) how our behavior and sensory responses affect
what foods we eat, their pattern of consumption and so on. This book consists of over
200 chapters, and is conveniently divided into 5 main sections to represent the vari-
ous specialty areas, namely:
General, normative aspects and overviews
Pathological and abnormal aspects
Specific conditions and diseases
Changing eating behaviour and attitudes
Selective methods
The Editors recognize the difficulty in assigning chapters to specific sections. For
example in order to describe normative features, abnormal aspects of diet and behav-
ior may also be described. Chapters on food choice may have coverage on the devel-
oping brain, behavior and neuroendocrinology. Thus, some chapters can potentially
be assigned to several sections. However, this is resolved with the excellent indexing
systems that Springer is renowned for. The chapters are well illustrated with numer-
ous tables and figures.
This book represents a multidisciplinary “one-stop-shop” of information with
suitable indexing of the various pathways and processes. The chapters are written by
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national or international experts or specialists in their field. The Editors recognize
that very often experts in one field may be novices in another. To bridge this knowl-
edge-divide the authors have incorporated sections on “Applications to other areas
health and disease”, “Key Facts or Features” and “Summary Points” This reference
book is for nutritionists, dietitians, food scientists, behavioral scientists, psycholo-
gists, doctors, nurses, physiologists, health workers and practitioners, college and
university teachers and lecturers, undergraduates and graduates.
