# Feast or Famine: The Psychology of Eating

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Dr Glenn D Wilson
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/feast-or-famine-psychology-eating)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Is body weight due to a constitutional “set point” or to eating style? Do diets work or are they inevitably doomed to fail? Is self-monitoring (e.g., calorie counting, food diaries and regular weighing) useful or counterproductive. What accounts for eating disorders such as anorexia, binging and bulimia? How can they be managed? Body dysmorphic disorder as a modern problem. To what extent does idealisation of thinness in the media contribute to dissatisfaction with body weight?

## Lectures

1. [Feast or Famine: The Psychology of Eating](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/feast-or-famine-psychology-eating/11c33d1188b7) (YouTube)