Food is fundamental to human experience and has interested social scientists in general, and psychologists in particular, for decades. As early as the 1940s, Abraham Maslow suggested that food was essential to understanding human motivations and needs. Subsequently, food-related practices and behaviors became fertile area of study, drawing in important issues of culture, behavior and nutrition. More recently, previously neglected environmental factors related to food have framed investigations of provisioning and eating behaviors. The list of recommended readings presented here for “Food, Psychology, and the Environment” represent the breadth of approaches in psychological understanding and investigation into food practice with consideration to personal, social, and environmental consequences of consumption related behaviors. …

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