Food psychology course (university degree + 4 ECTS credits)

The cult of the body, at present, has been dating deep into society, being able to develop important physical and mental alterations. It is a voluntary process of the person who is influenced by multiple factors. Advertising, culture and customs, the social environment that surrounds us. They are some of the external factors that determine and condition our food preferences. The environment, emotions, family history and economic resources are also factors that exert a great influence when choosing how, where and why we feed. With the course in food psychology will provide you with the necessary knowledge about food in relation to our behaviors, feelings and emotions.

- Acquire knowledge and understand the psychology of food. - Understand the necessary motivation for changes in healthy habits. - Know the emotions and aspects related to eating behavior and body consciousness. - Identify eating disorders.

The work outputs of the course in food psychology will help you so that, in the work world, you can use knowledge in the field of nutrition, psychology, dietary, medicine, social education, social work and medicine among others either in the private or public field. In addition, it will help you as a student to complement your training for a better work future.

This course in food psychology will make you understand how full attention influences eating habits. It prepares you to apply Mindfulness techniques and become aware of the present moment and the body itself. These techniques are related to the control of emotions and emotional intelligence, extrapolation to a field as important and growing as food.

The cult of the body, at present, has been dating deep into society, being able to develop important physical and mental alterations. It is a voluntary process of the person who is influenced by multiple factors. Advertising, culture and customs, the social environment that surrounds us. They are some of the external factors that determine and condition our food preferences. The environment, emotions, family history and economic resources are also factors that exert a great influence when choosing how, where and why we feed. With the course in food psychology will provide you with the necessary knowledge about food in relation to our behaviors, feelings and emotions.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.