Includes bibliographical references and index.

The discipline of psychology and nutrition adherence : a logical partnership -- Basic forms of learning from our environment -- Theories of behavioral change -- Attitudes and eating patterns -- Perception, visualization, and eating patterns -- Self-perception and eating patterns -- Emotion perception and eating patterns -- Evolutionary instincts and eating patterns -- Psychoanalytic approach and eating patterns -- Cross-cultural differences and eating behavior -- Biology and eating behavior -- Sleep, water intake, and eating behavior.