Information Package / Course Catalogue
Nutritional Pyschology
Course Code: BDB109
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To explain the relationship between nutrition and psychology and to explain the psychological causes and consequences of various eating behaviors

Course Content

Diet, psychology, fast food, starvation psychology, carbohydrates and happiness, cats and psychology, mental illnesses, mental illnesses, mental illnesses, mental illnesses nutrition, ways of making healthy and delicious food, mind-opening and happiness foods, diversification of food, natural foods and processed foods, travel and food culture

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dide KILIÇALP
Learning Outcomes
1.Understands the development of nutritional behavior.
2.Understand the effects of affect on eating behavior.
3.Explain the effects of the diet industry on nutritional psychology.
4.Understands the effects of worship and social activities on nutrition psychology.
5.Understand the psychological aspects of thirst and fluid intake.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.The Psychology of Eating and Drinking. A. W. Logue. Brunner-Routledge. Taylor-Francis Books. 2004.
2.The Psychology of Eating From Healthy to Disordered Behavior. Wiley-Blackwell. 2010.
3.The Psychology of Food Choice. R. Shepherd and M. Raats. CABI. 2006.
4. The Nutritional Psychology of Childhood. Robert Drewett. Cambridge University Press. 2007
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Nutritional Psychology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Taste sensation and nutrient selection
Week 3 - Theoretical
Development of feeding behavior in infancy
Week 4 - Theoretical
Psychological bases of eating preferences
Week 5 - Theoretical
The effects of nutrients on behavior
Week 6 - Theoretical
Emotional hunger, appetite and psychology of extreme yelling
Week 7 - Theoretical
Psychology of body senses, obesity and weakness
Week 8 - Theoretical
Topic review (Quiz)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Eating disorders and irregular nutrition. Overview of treatment methods
Week 10 - Theoretical
The diet industry
Week 11 - Theoretical
Consumer behavior and consumption psychology
Week 12 - Theoretical
Fasting and diet psychology
Week 13 - Theoretical
Psychology of mass nutrition
Week 14 - Theoretical
Psychology of thirst and fluid intake
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory134278
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026