Emotional and psychological influences  - Mind Map

Emotional and psychological influences

Including

Boredom

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Boredom often leads people to eat unnecessarily, even if they aren't hungry.

Environment (past or current)

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Someone's environment can have many psychological impacts on their food choices. Such as subconscious biases, poor experience with certain food, ect.

Sleep

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"Lack of sleep may affect hunger-regulating hormones, which can lead to eating more food more often." — Gunderson Health System

Standards + (societal) pressure

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The beauty standards surrounding a person largely affects their food choices based on their understanding of health and self image.

Distress (anxiety, depression, stress, etc.)

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"Unusual meals--e.g. too small, unhealthy--may negatively affect mood. Sweetness, and sensory cues to high energy density, such as fatty texture, can improve mood and mitigate effects of stress via brain opioidergic and dopaminergic neurotransmission” -PubMed

Sensation aspects

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Food offers stimulation through smell, appearance, and texture. Personal liking to different stimulation affects a persons' food choice.

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