1. Introduction : widely held assumptions and methods -- 2. The energy demands of the brain : central mechanisms of eating -- 3. Storage and digestion : peripheral mechanisms of eating -- 4. Learning about food : developmental aspects of eating behaviour -- 5. Choosing between foods : cognitive aspects of eating behaviour -- 6. The effect of others : social aspects of eating behaviour -- 7. Getting inside people’s heads : restraint, emotional eating, disinhibition and their combined effects -- 8. Dealing with obesity : dieting and drugs -- 9. When eating behaviour goes wrong : anorexia nervosa, bulima nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise specified -- 10. Tying up loose ends : towards a combined theory of eating behaviour.
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