First Bite: How We Learn to Eat (53 page)

Sensory-specific satiety (SSS),
179

Serotonin,
153
,
238

SFS palate (sugar/fat/salt),
93

Shapes, of kid food,
86

Shark Baby video game,
102
–
103

Shephard, Sue,
53

Shepherd, Gordon M.,
49
–
50

Shozo, Marumoto,
224

Siblings

competition for food,
127
–
129
,
132
–
135

family-based treatment and,
210

gender and expectations/pressures regarding weight,
137
–
141

influence on eating habits,
127
–
131
,
152

only child’s eating habits,
135
–
137

Sim, J.,
82

Size-contrast illusion, eating and,
178

Slater, Nigel,
142

Slimness, ideology of,
139
–
141

Slurp!
(Kushner),
222

Smell

female sensitivity to,
143

flavor memory and,
47
–
52

Snacking,
175

Social anhedonia,
202

Social aspects of eating,
xxiv
,
13
,
158
–
159

Social suggestion, food preferences and,
30
–
33

Socioeconomic class/income

children’s food and,
75
–
76

food preferences and,
17

Soup,
172
,
173
–
174
,
256

Spargo, John,
74

Spieler, Marlena,
39
,
40
–
41
,
52

Spinach,
6
,
17
,
24
,
46
,
47
,
81
,
84
,
102

Spock, Benjamin,
10
,
84
,
242

SSS.
See
Sensory-specific satiety (SSS)

Stanford University,
208

Steiner, Jacob,
43

Stepmothers/stepsiblings, competition for food and,
134
–
135

Stewart, Laura,
147
–
148

Stickers, as rewards,
26
–
27

Stress, anorexia and,
205
–
206

Structured meals,
xxxi
,
190
,
256

Studio Ghibli,
134
–
135

Sugar,
xviii
,
255

babies’ response to,
43

in kid food,
86

SFS palate,
93

See also
Sweetness

Superfoods,
257

Supertasters,
15
–
18

Sutton, David,
56

Swallowing

anxiety about lumpy foods and,
192
–
193

learning,
122
–
123

Sweden

adolescent iron deficiency in,
145

Sapere education in,
243
,
245
,
249
–
251

Sweetness

changing sense of,
242

taste for,
xxii

video game rewards and,
102

See also
Sugar

Taboos, food,
73
,
165

TAS2R38 gene,
14

Taste

identity and,
3
–
4
,
41

learning,
xiii
–
xiv
,
26
–
27
,
43
–
45
,
197
–
200
,
258

Taste buds

appearance of,
43
–
44

damage to,
39
–
40

supertasters and number of,
15

Taste exposure interventions,
190
,
197
–
200

Television, eating in front of,
178
–
179

Textures of food,
80
–
81
,
82
,
192
–
193

Therapeutic paradox,
196
–
197

Thioterpineol,
49

Thompson, Jan,
53

Thoreau, Henry David,
78

Thrifty genes,
106

Thrifty phenotype hypothesis,
4

The Times
(newspaper),
111

The Times of India
(newspaper),
132

“Tiny Tastes” feeding technique,
26
–
27
,
258

Toast
(Slater),
142

Tomatoes, children’s food and,
80
,
81

Tonka beans,
57
–
58

Traditional feeding techniques,
112

Trauma, anorexia and,
205
–
206

The Treasure Seekers
(Nesbitt),
66

Treatment

of acute child malnutrition,
165
–
169

of anorexia,
207
–
212

of bulimia,
212
–
213

of eating disorders,
187
–
188
,
190
,
191
,
195
–
200
,
207
–
213

of selective eating,
191
,
195
–
200

Tuorila, Hely,
247
–
248

Twin studies, on food preferences,
11
–
12

Ulander, Kerstin,
250

Umami,
50
–
51
,
223

Underfeeding,
99

Uninvolved parenting style,
117

feeding style and,
117
–
118

United Kingdom

breastfeeding in,
25

rice pudding debates in,
66
–
71

United States

breakfast cereal consumption in,
183

breastfeeding in,
25

obesity in,
107
,
220

University of Chicago,
208

Urbick, Bryan,
143
,
153

Vanillin, in infant formula,
46
–
47

Vegan/vegetarianism, iron deficiency and,
145
–
146

Vegetables

childhood obesity and lack of,
xxvii

children’s dislike of,
23

dietary advice on,
xix
–
xx

gender and consumption of,
149
–
150

hiding in children’s food,
xv
–
xvi

nursery food and,
81

trying to eat more,
xiii
–
xiv

weaning babies and,
25

Veronese, Paolo,
138

Video games, treats/rewards in,
101
–
103

Viscosity, satiety and,
172

Vollmer, Rachel,
118

Wansink, Brian,
178
,
179

Wanting, liking
vs.,
2
–
3

Wardle, Jane,
23

Washington, Booker T.,
74

Water, as preload for satiety,
173

Weaning,
24
–
27
,
122
–
124

Weber, Eugen,
134
,
135

Weight

misperception of,
147
–
152

pressure on girls regarding,
137
–
141

Weight loss, maintenance of long-term,
237
–
240

Weight loss regimes,
227
–
228

Whittome, Susi,
157

“Why Don’t They Like It? And Can I Do Anything About It?” (article),
22

Wilder, Laura Ingalls,
103
–
104

Williams, Keith,
29
,
89
,
192
,
194
,
197
,
198
–
200
,
251

Williams, Zoe,
90

“Wisdom of the body” view on appetite,
10
–
11

Wise, Roy A.,
42

Women

chocolate cravings and,
153
–
154

compliance with dietary guidelines,
149
–
150