| Summary: | Recent research on hunger and eating has shown (a) that among individuals
with ad libitum access to food, hunger and eating are not regulated by deviations
in the body's energy resources from energy set-points, and (b) that it is healthier
for people to consume their daily caloric intake as several small snacks than as
three large meals. People's beliefs about hunger and eating were assessed in
two questionnaire studies. In Study 1, a large sample of university
undergraduates was surveyed; in Study 2, dietetics students, nursing students,
medical students, dietitians, nurses, and doctors were surveyed. Both studies
revealed that people's personal theories of hunger and eating were inconsistent
with recent research findings in ways that are likely to promote over consumption
and ill health. These results suggest that educational programs designed to
modify the beliefs about hunger and eating of people suffering from problems of
over consumption and of health professionals who treat problems of over
consumption may increase the effectiveness of current treatment regimens. === Arts, Faculty of === Psychology, Department of === Graduate
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