Appraising food insecurity. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Coppin, Géraldine
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 40(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16001370
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: This commentary focuses on the mechanisms underlying the appraisal of food insecurity. I first describe what appraisal is and why it plays a major role in explaining how different individuals consider food supply as more or less secure. I then describe the potential reciprocal links between appraisal and obesity, based on the well-documented evidence that obesity can cause cognitive deficits.