Exam 5: Eating Behaviour

One DSM-IV criterion for bulimia is that excessive amounts of food are eaten with no control over a period of:

The limbic system is activated by food images when we are:

Both adults and children express concerns about healthy eating. This:

A key factor in weight loss apart from diet is the amount of:

Control of eating behaviour also involves:

The Learning Theory model of obesity gives some of the causes of obesity as:

Four different commercial diet programmes are successful, suggesting that the key factors in weight loss are:

Obesity is considered a disorder because:

The number of adults in the UK who are considered obese is:

Cultural influences on eating behaviour include social norms and:

One DSM-IV criterion for anorexia is having body weight less than:

The link between evolution, genetics, and diet is supported by evidence that high-carbohydrate cultures have

Research findings show that the genetic link with anorexia is far stronger than with bulimia because the concordance rate difference between MZ and DZ twins for anorexia is about:

Mood affects eating behaviour, and mood can be affected by:

The hypothalamic centres involved in controlling eating and satiation are in the:

The psychological explanation for eating disorders, which suggests causes are repressed fears of sexual desire, unconscious desires to remain a child, or ineffective parents, is the:

Evolutionary theory suggests we have inherited our hunter-gatherer ancestors' preferences for:

Low levels of serotonin (5-HT) and noradrenaline (NA) both can affect eating behaviour because this:

Our ancestors' success in obtaining high protein and energy food could have driven the:

Alcohol is thought to have been part of the human diet from our remote ancestors' time because: