About
This course encompasses the study of eating as it affects the health and well-being of every human. Topics include taste preferences, food aversions, the regulation of hunger and satiety, food as comfort and friendship, eating as social ritual, and social norms of blame for food problems. The politics of food discusses issues such as sustainable agriculture, organic farming, genetically modified foods, nutrition policy, and the influence of food and agriculture industries. Also examined are problems such as malnutrition, eating disorders, and the global obesity epidemic; the impact of food advertising aimed at children; poverty and food; and how each individual's eating is affected by the modern environment.
Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/psychology/the-psychology-biology-and-politics-of-food]]
Course features at Open Yale courses page: *The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food *Syllabus *Class Sessions *Downloads *Survey
Complete Yale video collection at Yale VideoLectures.NET
Videos

Lecture 1 - Introduction: What We Eat, Why We Eat and the Key Role of Food in Mo...
Sep 27, 2010
·
26600 views

Lecture 3 - Biology, Nutrition and Health I: What We Eat
Sep 27, 2010
·
7178 views

Lecture 16 - Everyone but Me: The Pervasive Reach and Powerful Influence of Food...
Sep 27, 2010
·
3660 views

Lecture 7 - Hunger in the World of Plenty
Sep 1, 2010
·
6997 views
Lecture 20 - Schools and Nutrition: Where Health and Politics Collide (Guest Lec...
Sep 27, 2010
·
4026 views

Lecture 23 - Success Stories, Innovation and Change from the Grass Roots
Sep 27, 2010
·
2956 views
Lecture 19 - The Law and Opportunities to Improve Nutrition and Health (Guest L...
Sep 27, 2010
·
3005 views
Lecture 14 - Perspectives of the Food Industry (Guest Lecture by Derek Yach)
Sep 27, 2010
·
3512 views

Lecture 9 - From Ancient to Modern Farming: The Green Revolution and the Prospec...
Sep 27, 2010
·
4265 views

Lecture 8 - Nutrition Transition and Global Food Issues
Sep 27, 2010
·
9294 views

Lecture 4 - Biology, Nutrition and Health II: What Helps Us and Hurts Us
Sep 27, 2010
·
5638 views
Lecture 21 - The Morphing of the Modern Diet (Guest Lecture by Brian Wansink)
Sep 27, 2010
·
3764 views

Lecture 2 - Food Then, Food Now: Modern Food Conditions and Their Mismatch with ...
Sep 27, 2010
·
5642 views
Lecture 22 - Sustainability and Health Food Access (Guest Lecture by Melina Sha...
Sep 27, 2010
·
3329 views
Lecture 17 - The Politics of Food I: How Politics Affects National Nutrition Pol...
Sep 27, 2010
·
3725 views

Lecture 15 - Economics, Nutrition and Health: Subsidies, Food Deserts and More
Sep 27, 2010
·
4778 views

Lecture 10 - Sustainability I: The Impact of Modern Agriculture on the Environme...
Sep 27, 2010
·
8333 views
Lecture 13 - Eating Disorders and Obesity (Guest Lecture by B. Timothy Walsh)
Sep 27, 2010
·
6095 views

Lecture 5 - Biology, Nutrition and Health III: The Psychology of Taste and Addic...
Sep 27, 2010
·
5489 views

Lecture 6 - Culture and the Remarkable Plasticity of Eating (Presentation by Ash...
Sep 27, 2010
·
8538 views

Lecture 18 - The Politics of Food II: The Issues, the Fights and Who Controls th...
Sep 27, 2010
·
3592 views

Lecture 12 - Public Health vs. Medical Models in Nutrition Change: Saving Lives ...
Sep 27, 2010
·
4044 views

Lecture 11 - Sustainability II: The Impact of Modern Agriculture on Biodiversity...
Sep 27, 2010
·
4319 views