Compose a 1500 words essay on Psychology and Physiology of Eating. Needs to be plagiarism free!Download file to see previous pages We have noticed that there are people who overconsume chocolate for e

Compose a 1500 words essay on Psychology and Physiology of Eating. Needs to be plagiarism free!

We have noticed that there are people who overconsume chocolate for example. Most importantly we have to find out and understand what causes such behaviours to occur.

What is the connection between psychology and eating Logue (2004) says that "psychology is the science of behavior, and therefore the analytical method" (p.2) should be used to identify its processes. Psychology is the science of "how and why organisms do what they do (Logue, 2004, p.3)." Exploring the psychology of eating we can figure out why we eat what we eat, why people go on diet, or why they are overweight Women's attitude towards food is highly intriguing, because weight is the center of so many of their problems.

Without the scientific orientation it will be impossible to determine the causes of human behaviour and of eating in particular. Through observation Logue reached to the conclusion that eating habits are influenced by our social and cultural surrounding. Eating can be manipulated through different aspects of our lives - geographical location, cultural traits - like family gatherings, or what kind of herbs are used in the meals. Logue (2004) continues that thanks to the study of psychology of eating we can detect that tastes people have, why they like some foods more than other and how certain goods affect our behaviour. Ogden (2003) seeks to integrate psychological knowledge within the insights of sociology and medicine and explores in her book eating related attitudes. Furthermore Ogden (2003) details the nature of a healthy diet, the overweight concerns and the causes and treatment of obesity and wide range of eating disorders.

All of us remember the earliest experiences with eating and drinking as young kids. We were not allowed to eat sweet and unhealthy foods and are forced to consume fresh fruits and vegetables. We were all angry and sad, however we learnt that certain foods were good for the health and others were not. Odgen (2003) claims that the eating habits that we establish as children guide us through our adult eating habits. She continues that on psychologically unconscious level we associate eating and drinking with the family atmosphere, when parents paid much attention on us during the meal time. Odgen (2003) posits that we learned to connect eating of large portions with prolonged family dinners and this has left us with emotional, nurturing moments. As little kids we all keep memories of cookies and milk and cartoons and associate them with pleasant moments in our early psychological development.

Humphries (1927) notes that dies tend to destroy the relationship between people and food. This is so because the consumption of good or bad food acts as deterrent for eating it and encourages guilty feelings in us. From psychological point of view, if you eat food which makes you feel guilty, the nutritions' qualities disappear, because you suppress them to be transmitted by the food through your psychological attitude (Humphries, 1927).

Nowadays we are surrounded with TV commercials and billboards which preach us what is the best quality of the food. The media makes us believe and controls the food we consume. They take us the right to choose want we really need as nutritions and how to achieve a good relationship with the food.