Why You Eat What You Eat examines the sensory, psychological, neuroscientific, and physiological elements that influence our eating habits. Rachel Herz uncovers the amazing and surprising details that affect meals consumption: getting reusable bags towards the grocery store promotes us to buy more treats; our values about meals affect the number of calories we burn; Television alters just how much we eat; and what we discover and hear changes how meals tastes. Herz reveals useful approaches for managing cravings, such as resisting repeated vacations towards the buffet desk, and how aromas can be used to curb overeating. Why You Eat EVERYTHING YOU Eat mixes the social with the medical to uncover how psychology, neurology, and physiology form our relationship with meals and how food alters the interactions we’ve with ourselves and with each other.