HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROME. THE ROLE OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS IN THE FORMATION OF EATING BEHAVIOR AND OBESITY

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the role of the obesogenic environment and parental lifestyles in infant feeding behavior. Data sources: The searches were performed in PubMed, Medline, Cochrane, Lilacs and Scielo databases, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The descriptors used were found in the Medical Subject Headings and in the Descriptors in Health Sciences being these: Comportamento alimentar/Feeding Behavior/ Conducta Alimentaria; Crianças/Child/ Niño; Relações familiares/Family Relations/Relaciones Familiares; e Ecologia/ Ecology/ Ecología. These were combined by the Boolean operator AND. Data synthesis: Researchers consider that parents (orprimary caregivers) are responsible, in part, for the unhealthy eating behavior presented by children, and for them to change it is necessary to change the behavior of the family, ensuring the correct choice of food and the practice of physical activity. The family environment has a significant impact on the development of eating behavior, so adults should provide a good model of this behavior for children. Conclusions: It was verified through this review that, in order to maintain and develop a healthy eating behavior, it is necessary to reach different spheres of life of the individual - physical, social, psychological, family, cultural and mediatic environment.

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Virtual Experiences, Physical Behaviors: The Effect of Presence on Imitation of an Eating Avatar

Presence Teleoperators & Virtual Environments ◽

10.1162/pres.18.4.294 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 294-303 ◽

Cited By ~ 112

Author(s):

Jesse Fox ◽

Jeremy Bailenson ◽

Joseph Binney

Keyword(s):

Virtual Environment ◽

Eating Behavior ◽

Virtual World ◽

The Self ◽

Virtual Model ◽

Men And Women ◽

Immersive Virtual Environment ◽

Virtual Experiences ◽

The Relationship

In this study, the role of presence in the imitation of a virtual model was examined. Immersive virtual environment technology (IVET) was used to create photorealistic virtual representations of the self that were depicted eating food in a virtual world. Changes in the virtual environment (via a changing or unchanging body) were incorporated to create variance in perceived subjective presence. Based on previous research, presence was hypothesized to affect the relationship between the environmental manipulations and the behavioral outcome of imitating the avatar's eating behavior. Here we show that presence did indeed affect imitation, but that the effects varied for men and women in accordance with previous research on sex differences in eating behavior. Men who experienced high presence were more likely than low presence men to imitate the virtual model and eat candy, whereas women who experienced high presence were more likely than low presence women to suppress the behavior and not eat candy.

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