Food And Mood

Mental Health conditions can be influenced by dietary factors

• True

• False

socialising and eating are tightly connected

• True

• False

When food takes on a psychological meaning, the emotional needs of the person are sometimes satisfied by food

• True

• False

Motivation to eat has been found to be higher during joy than sadness

• True

• False

Comfort eating is a

• physiological response to food

• Social response to food

• Recognised eating disorder

Negative body image is not associated with eating habits such as restrictive diets or comfort or emotional eating

• True

• False

When people feel stressed or anxious, they choose foods that will give them immediate highs, like high fat or high carbohydrate foods.

• True

• False

Foods that alter moods quickly

• high fat or high carbohydrate foods

• Omega-3 Fatty Acids

• Whole Grains

A positive body image will lead to ...

• Healthier, more balanced lifestyle

• Healthier attitudes and practices with food and exercise

• Restrictive dieting

The focus of this lesson was to...

• Explain social and emotional roles of food and analyse behaviours and explain consequences relating to the psychology of food

• Explain and analyse links between food, behaviours and effects on health

• Explain the social and emotional roles of food in shaping and expressing individual identity and connectedness,

  including its sharing and celebratory role within families, peer groups and communities