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Stress-reducing effects of ingesting milk, sugars, and fats. A developmental perspective
E M Blass1, D J Shide, A Weller
1Department of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A developmental approach to the study of feeding is proposed that considers social complexity and its biological mediation as core determinants of later ingestive patterns. Evidence is presented for opioid-mediated influences of milk and its major constituents and for nonopioid-mediated channels for contact comfort. Consideration of these factors might help us better understand some of the determinants of human feeding disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa.