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Appraising food insecurity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

Géraldine Coppin
Géraldine Coppin*
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Laboratory for the Study of Emotion Elicitation and Expression, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. geraldine.coppin@unige.ch http://cms2.unige.ch/fapse/EmotionLab/Members/geraldine-coppin/index.php Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
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Abstract

This commentary focuses on the mechanisms underlying the appraisal of food insecurity. I first describe what appraisal is and why it plays a major role in explaining how different individuals consider food supply as more or less secure. I then describe the potential reciprocal links between appraisal and obesity, based on the well-documented evidence that obesity can cause cognitive deficits.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e112
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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