Hunger, Eating, and Ill Health

Because of the unpredictability of food in nature, humans have evolved to eat to their physiological limits when food is plentiful. Discrepancies between the environment in which the hunger and eating system evolved and the food-replete environments in which many people live have led to the current...

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Published inThe American psychologist Vol. 55; no. 10; p. 1105
Main Authors Pinel, John P. J, Assanand, Sunaina, Lehman, Darrin R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2000
Subjects
Animals
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa - physiopathology
Biological Evolution
Body Weight
Eating - physiology
Eating Habits
Food Deprivation - physiology
Health Behavior
Humans
Hunger
Hunger - physiology
Obesity - physiopathology
Overeating
Psychophysiology
Satiety Response - physiology
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Summary:Because of the unpredictability of food in nature, humans have evolved to eat to their physiological limits when food is plentiful. Discrepancies between the environment in which the hunger and eating system evolved and the food-replete environments in which many people live have led to the current problem of overconsumption. This evolutionary perspective has implications for understanding anorexia nervosa. (SM)
ISSN:0003-066X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.55.10.1105