Content
- Lectures: 33 hours
- Independent work: 57 hours
Subject carrier
Description
1. INTRODUCTION TO NUTRITION PSYCHOLOGY
1.1 Eating behavior and the influence of psychological factors on eating
1.2 Psychological hunger and physiological hunger
1.3 The importance of different factors on eating and food choice: personal preferences, families, culture
2. EATING, BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL ABILITY
2.1 Basic factors of mental development
2.2.The importance of cognitive factors and memory
2.3 Understanding emotions, appropriate expressing and sensitivity to the emotional experience as social skill of a dietitian
2.4 Eating, emotions and mood
2.5 Influence of emotions and moods on intake, change in appetite and eating behavior
2.6 Influence of certain foods on mood
2.7 Comfort eating and emotional eating
3. NUTRITION AND STRESS
3.1 The importance of negative events
3.2 Psychosomatic theory: stress and satiety
3.3 The paradox of stressful eating
3.4 Influence of stress on behavior, habits and body weight
3.5 Some personality traits and stress response
4. COMMUNICATION IN NUTRITION COUNSELING – DIETETICS
4.1 Nutrition professional communication with different user groups on a personal level
4.2 Communication skills and important skills for a nutrition counselor
4.3 Active listening, speaking, giving information: learning and teaching
4.4 The importance of personal space, first impressions, non-verbal signs and indirect messages, and ways of reacting to the work of a dietitian
5. MOTIVATION AND CHANGE
5.1. Introduction to motivation, interviewing and counseling to promote eating behavioral change
