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Episodic memory as an explanation for the insurance hypothesis in obesity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

Kirsty Mary Davies ,
Lucy Gaia Cheke  and
Nicola Susan Clayton
Kirsty Mary Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom. kmd34@cam.ac.uk nsc22@cam.ac.uk lgc23@cam.ac.uk http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/ccl/ http://www.lucycheke.com/home
Lucy Gaia Cheke
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom. kmd34@cam.ac.uk nsc22@cam.ac.uk lgc23@cam.ac.uk http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/ccl/ http://www.lucycheke.com/home
Nicola Susan Clayton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom. kmd34@cam.ac.uk nsc22@cam.ac.uk lgc23@cam.ac.uk http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/ccl/ http://www.lucycheke.com/home
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Abstract

In evaluating the insurance hypothesis as an explanation for obesity, we propose one missing piece of the puzzle. Our suggested explanation for why individuals report food insecurity is that an individual may have an impaired episodic ability to plan for the future.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e113
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