¶ … Health Psychology: Overeating
Overeating is a health issue that results in obesity in individuals with an eating disorder that results in over-consumption of food products. Various programs are in use by the psychology profession to address the issue of overeating with many of them stating claims of success. This work intends to examine overeating as it relates to the principles of healthy psychology.
According to the work of Prentice (2001) entitled "Overeating: The Health Risks" published in the journal of Obesity Research states that overeating "is a relative term. It refers to the consumption of an energy intake that is appropriately large for a given energy expenditure, thus leading to obesity." There are reportedly specific "environmental and cultural factors that have converged in the past few decades to markedly increase the risk of both active and passive (inadvertent) overeating. Chief among these are the increased availability and promotion of cheap energy-dense diets (usually high in fat) and the transition toward extremely sedentary lifestyles." (Prentice, 2001)
III. Significance of the Study
The significance of this study is the additional information and knowledge that will be added to the already existing base of knowledge in this area of inquiry.
IV. Literature Review
A. Food Types Impact Eating Habits
Prentice (2001) emphasizes the importance of considering factors including the types of foods that are readily available in contemporary society along with increases in sedentary lifestyles as "data ranging from highly controlled metabolic studies to large-scale epidemiological and ecological analysis illustrate the strong interactions between diet and physical activity in relationship to the over-consumption of energy." In addition, it is reported that overconsumption of "specific dietary components may also lead to health risks." (Prentice, 2001) Prentice reports that examples include "saturated and transfatty acids. More recently attention has switched to high glycemic foods and to n-6 fatty acids." (Prentice, 2001)
B. Active and Passive Overeating
Prentice additionally reports that short-term overeating "is a common human habit associated with feasting and celebration. In traditional...
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