NUTRITION AND CANCER: BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER Andrew D. Nish MD.
Cognition before Nutrition?
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Cognition before Nutrition?
Bryn Wilkin, Miami UniversityNutrition and Psychology Senior
Field Experience• The Knolls of Oxford• Nutrition Education – Food and Mood• Research: Food Choices and Decision-Making
• Influences:• Social psychology• Biopsychology• Media• Advertising• Public Policy
Brain Chemistry• Amygdala
• Emotional center
• Research: Grabenhorst, Maderwald, & Brand (2013)• Advertisements shown to participants:
• Emphasis on taste• Emphasis on health-related food properties
• Results: fMRI• Decision bias in the amygdala
• Orbitofrontal Cortex: (OFC)• Codes potential rewards vs. • consequences• Focus on satiety
Social Impacts• It’s all about the message!• Descriptive vs. Injunctive Norms
• Healthy Descriptive Norm: “Every day, more than 150 [name of university] students have a tossed salad for lunch here.”
• Unhealthy Descriptive Norm: “Every day, more than 150 [name of university] students have a burger for lunch here.”
• Injunctive Norm: “Have a tossed salad for lunch!”
• Implications? • Jump on the bandwagon.
• Mollen, Rimal, Ruiter & Kok (2013)
Family Motivators • Two strong indicators that change can be
easily motivated:• Ecosystem• Personal change
• BEHAVIORAL and COGNITIVE implications • Gillespie & Johnson-Askew (2009)
Food Packaging• Food factors most important to consumers?
• “Best by” date• Type/size of packaging• Product price
• Koutsimanis, Behe, Harte, & Almenar (2012)
The Branding Effect• Brand Name Items
• Kashi vs. Nabisco • Cavanagh & Forestell (2013)
Future Nutrition Education Role?
• Grocery stores:• Food labels• Food allergies• Food preparation methods• Taste-testing• Nutrient education• Nutrition on a budget