JOHN L. SMITH is Reader in Social Psychology at the University of Sunderland where he has taught since completing his doctoral research with the Medical Research Council at their Social and Applied Psychology Unit at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of The Psychology of Action.

'John Smith's The Psychology of Food and Eating takes us on a delicious journey through a range of social psychological research on eating...and focuses on how different methodologies may provide a more experiential and reflexive understanding of our eating practices...Useful for both undergraduate students and those more familiar or experienced in food research. It allows us to question the methods we use, and opens up debate on the future of food and eating research.' - Sally Wilkins, Social Psychological Review

• Preface.- Introduction.- PART 1: FOCUS ON THEORY: Non-biological Perspectives; Hunger, Flavour, Digestion and Kitchen Chemistry; Eating Disorders.- PART 2: POST-POSITIVIST RESEARCH REPORTS: Dinner Party Case Study; Eating Out in a Small Way; Food Discourse.- Conclusion.- Index.

JOHN L. SMITH is Reader in Social Psychology at the University of Sunderland where he has taught since completing his doctoral research with the Medical Research Council at their Social and Applied Psychology Unit at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of The Psychology of Action.

'John Smith's The Psychology of Food and Eating takes us on a delicious journey through a range of social psychological research on eating...and focuses on how different methodologies may provide a more experiential and reflexive understanding of our eating practices...Useful for both undergraduate students and those more familiar or experienced in food research. It allows us to question the methods we use, and opens up debate on the future of food and eating research.' - Sally Wilkins, Social Psychological Review

• Preface.- Introduction.- PART 1: FOCUS ON THEORY: Non-biological Perspectives; Hunger, Flavour, Digestion and Kitchen Chemistry; Eating Disorders.- PART 2: POST-POSITIVIST RESEARCH REPORTS: Dinner Party Case Study; Eating Out in a Small Way; Food Discourse.- Conclusion.- Index.