TY - BOOK ID - 78673715 TI - The psychology of overeating : food and the culture of consumerism PY - 2020 SN - 1472581091 1472581105 9781472581105 9781472581082 1472581083 9781472581075 1472581075 9781472581099 PB - London, England : London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Eating disorders KW - Disorders of eating KW - Eating, Pathological KW - Eating disturbances KW - Eating dysfunctions KW - Pathological eating KW - Appetite disorders KW - Psychology, Pathological KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Social aspects. KW - Psychological aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Eating disorders - Psychological aspects KW - Eating disorders - Social aspects KW - Hyperphagia KW - Food & society KW - psychology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78673715 AB - "Drawing on empirical research, clinical case material and vivid examples from modern culture, The Psychology of Overeating demonstrates that overeating must be understood as part of the wider cultural problem of consumption and materialism. Highlighting modern society's pathological need to consume, Kima Cargill explores how our limitless consumer culture offers an endless array of delicious food as well as easy money whilst obscuring the long-term effects of overconsumption. The book investigates how developments in food science, branding and marketing have transformed Western diets and how the food industry employs psychology to trick us into eating more and more ? and why we let them. Drawing striking parallels between 'Big Food' and 'Big Pharma', Cargill shows how both industries use similar tactics to manufacture desire, resist regulation and convince us that the solution to overconsumption is further consumption. Real-life examples illustrate how loneliness, depression and lack of purpose help to drive consumption, and how this is attributed to individual failure rather than wider culture. The first book to introduce a clinical and existential psychology perspective into the field of food studies, Cargill's interdisciplinary approach bridges the gulf between theory and practice. Key reading for students and researchers in food studies, psychology, health and nutrition and anyone wishing to learn more about the relationship between food and consumption."-- ER -