PS102 Lecture Notes - Binge Eating, Stanley Schachter, Eating Disorder
Document Summary
Hungary drives biological drive however not solely affected biologically (environment has an effect) Some who have their stomach get removed still feel hungry. Reduced capacity of the stomach reduces hunger. *over eating or under eating could be a biological dysfunction: hypothalamus, lateral hypothalamus (lh) don"t eat enough, could cause death, ventral medial hypothalamus (vmh) - eat too much. Extracts glucose from blood cells to give us energy. Environmental factors: food preferences (culture, social) learned habits, food cues/ food related cues, the effects of stress and arousal, with some psychological disorders, eating disorders can develop. Says that we have an ideal weight that our body naturally stays at. If we over eat the metabolism increases to release more energy. Homeostatic mechanism that helps us control our weight. The long term success rate of any diet the results are dismal and the body regains the lost weight normally. Normal eaters respond to internal cues chemical agents, hormones, etc.
