Title:
The psychology of overeating : food and the culture of consumerism / by Kima Cargill.
Author:
Cargill, Kima, author.
Publication Information:
London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
Call Number:
RC552.E18 C36 2015
ISBN:
9781472581082
9781472581075
Physical Description:
xi, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- The rise of consumer culture -- The psychological effects of consumer culture -- Food, money, and consumer culture -- How the food industry uses psychology to trick us (and why we let them) -- Sugar and sweet -- Hyperpalatable foods, hormones, and addiction -- Binge eating disorder, the DSM, and consumer culture -- The bedfelllows of consumer culture : big food and big pharma -- The regulation of well-being : FDA and the nanny state -- Conclusion.
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