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Toward a mechanistic understanding of the impact of food insecurity on obesity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

Simone Dohle  and
Wilhelm Hofmann
Simone Dohle
Affiliation:
Social Cognition Center Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany. simone.dohle@uni-koeln.de wilhelm.hofmann@uni-koeln.de http://soccco.uni-koeln.de/simone-dohle.html http://soccco.uni-koeln.de/wilhelm-hofmann.html
Wilhelm Hofmann
Affiliation:
Social Cognition Center Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany. simone.dohle@uni-koeln.de wilhelm.hofmann@uni-koeln.de http://soccco.uni-koeln.de/simone-dohle.html http://soccco.uni-koeln.de/wilhelm-hofmann.html
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Abstract

Nettle et al. provide a useful but incomplete analysis of the drivers of obesity. In this commentary, we argue that a dual-motives conceptualization of self-control, together with insights from the psychology of (perceived and actual) scarcity, might help advance a more fine-grained mechanistic understanding of the observed association between food insecurity and obesity.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e116
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