Description
This book aims to provide scientific evidence and to promote further research and discussions on the association between nutrition and behaviour. Specific topics discussed in the 15 chapters of the book are as follows: (i) introduction; (ii) concepts and models in nutrition and behaviour; (iii) research methods and analytic strategies; (iv) direct effects of nutrition on behaviour and the brain-behaviour connections; (v) short-term effects of nutrition on behaviour and the effects of neurotransmitters; (vi) effects of chronic and acute forms of undernutrition; (vii) B vitamins, the central nervous system, and behaviour; (viii) minerals, the central nervous system, and behaviour; (ix) dietary supplements and mental functioning; (x) bio-behavioural and psychosocial influences on food selection; (xi) dietary sugar and behaviour; (xii) caffeine, the methylxanthines, and behaviour; (xiii) alcohol, brain functioning, and behaviour; (xiv) the eating disorder syndromes anorexia and bulimia nervosa; and (xv) behavioural aspects of overweight and obesity.