NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
NUTRITION
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psychological
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psychiatric
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Detailed explanation-1: -Appetite is the psychological desire for foods or beverages. Many factors influence appetite, including sensory responses to the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of food. Other factors include behavioral and social issues that may affect these sensory responses.
Detailed explanation-2: -Psychological hunger is more the desire to eat with no obvious physical feelings. One way to understand if the hunger is physical or emotional is often the rate of which it affects you. Psychological hunger is often fast acting and impulsive.
Detailed explanation-3: -Human appetite is a complex mixture of physiological and psychological phenomena which include feelings of hunger, total energy intake, ingestion of particular nutrients, distribution and sizes of meals and snacks, specific cravings and food preferences.