Online - The Psychology of Eating
Harvard Secondary School Program
Date/Time: Aug 29, 2022 - Oct 5, 2022 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages:
15-18
Cost: $3,500.00
Registration deadline: Aug 20, 2022
This course explores the manifold physiological, nutritional, behavioral, and sociocultural factors mediating why we eat, what we eat, and how we eat. Topics covered in the course include sensory systems and eating experience, biological mechanisms of hunger and satiety, social influence over food consumption, stress and comfort foods, eating and health, and maladaptive eating behaviors. Section meetings provide opportunities for in-depth discussion of contemporary material as well as participation in individual and group projects.
Location
Secondary School Program
1100 Massachusetts Avenue
3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02118