Food Chemistry and Food Microbiology

Nutrition Psychology

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Nutrition psychology (NP) is the psychological study of how cognitive choices, such as meal decisions, influence nutrition, psychological health, and overall health. Nutrition psychology seeks to understand the relationship between nutritional behavior and mental health well-being. NP is a sub-field of psychology and more specifically of health psychology. It may be applied to numerous different fields including psychology, dietetics, nutrition, and marketing. NP is a fairly new field with a brief history that has already started to contribute information and knowledge to psychology. There are two main areas of controversy within nutrition psychology. The first area of controversy is that the topic can be viewed as nutrition affecting psychological functions or can be viewed as psychological choices and behavior influencing nutrition and health. The second controversy is the definition of what is healthy or normal as related to nutrition.