The Center for Nutritional Psychology (CNP)

A nonprofit providing online education and resources for anyone interested in how our dietary intake affects psychological functioning.

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Why do we eat when we're not hungry?

Hunger isn't just one thing.
Your body has two different systems for wanting food.
➡️ One responds to need.
➡️ The other responds to reward.

LEARN WITH US
NP 110
Introduction to Nutritional Psychology Methods
https://t.co/Vrwb0wbUm6

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🎉The CNP Team welcomes Jason Wheately, LMSW, and Kristan Gallo-Bridges, LCSW, CIMHP, MBA, as contributors to the CNP Continuing Education Planning Committee.

#NutritionandMentalHealth #NutritionalPsychology #ContinuingEducation #ProfessionalEducation #SocialWorkEducation

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🧠 🥗 We surveyed nearly 200 professionals working at the intersection of psychology and nutrition. What they told us was interesting.

🔜 Full results coming soon.

#NutritionalPsychology #InterdisciplinaryCare #MentalHealth #CNP #ResearchPreview

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People with current depression or anxiety eat measurably worse than those without — and the more chronic and severe the disorder, the poorer the diet quality.
To learn more, explore Nutritional Psychology Research Library on our website:
https://t.co/eS9XkitsGa

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A common misconception about nutritional psychology is that it focuses on prescribing meal plans or telling people what to eat. It does not.

This distinction:
The “what” belongs to nutrition science.
The “why” belongs to nutritional psychology.

🔗 https://t.co/d14FHBBtf1

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CNP Course Scholarships

🔗 Learn more and submit your application: Find the link in the comments section or on our page for full details.
https://t.co/eX8wq6ABo0
📧 Questions on eligibility: [email protected]

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This is the focus of NP 310: Theoretical Models and Foundations in Nutritional Psychology — a course designed to show how nutritional psychology sits within the psychological sciences, while interconnecting with the nutritional sciences.

https://t.co/1pYXfsDzvK

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As GLP-1s reshape obesity care, we need frameworks that account for the whole person — not only the metabolic outcome, but the emotional, motivational, and experiential terrain that food and reward occupy in a human life.

Read the Article:
https://t.co/a8RKRPcofG

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The Western Diet isn't studied because it's healthy. It's studied because it's everywhere.

Learn more about dietary patterns studied within nutritional psych: https://t.co/E5I0MRe2AO
Or take NP 110: Introduction to Nutritional Psychology Methods:
https://t.co/Vrwb0wbUm6

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Scientists changed the sound of a potato chip — and people swore the chip itself had changed.

Explore the Diet–Sensory/Perceptual Relationship and the other diet-mental health relationships in NP 110: Introduction to Nutritional Psychology Methods:

https://t.co/Vrwb0wbUm6

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As GLP-1s reshape obesity care, do the psychological and social dimensions of treatment deserve equal attention to the metabolic ones?

Read more in the CNP Research Library https://t.co/nMBsJ5jdif

#GLP1 #WeightStigma #ObesityResearch #MentalHealth #BehavioralHealth #CNP

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🆕 The Center for Nutritional Psychology homepage has a new look— and it's now a clearer window into the work we've been building for nearly two decades.

👀 Take a look with the link in our bio.

#NutritionalPsychology #MentalHealth #DietMentalHealth #DMHR #IntegrativeHealth

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Fear of missing out (FoMO) isn’t just about social media—it may also be quietly driving addictive eating.

Find out more in our Food Addiction and Mental Health research category in the nutritional psychology research library.

https://t.co/eS9XkitsGa

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New consensus statement maps key nutrition and mental health needs for obesity drug treatment

It calls for integrated attention to nutrition, behavior, mental health, physical function, and social context.

Check out the article: https://t.co/em9bJGZ7jA

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💉Towards the behavioral and perceptual dimensions of GLP-1s: The psychological skills needed to support sustainable change

Safe, sustainable care requires more than a prescription. CNP is keeping track.

Read the study’s CNP Summary: https://t.co/nMBsJ5jL7N

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Nutritional Psychology in the College Curriculum?

As the field of nutritional psychology continues to grow, educators are helping students make meaningful connections between what they eat and how they think, feel, and experience.
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Every professional working at the intersection of nutrition and mental health faces the same question: What am I authorized to do — and how do I do it ethically?

To answer this question and more, enroll in our NP 550 course: https://t.co/HeoSlGcZoa

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💬 How do you actually start discussing the nutrition-mental health connection in clinical practice (and within scope)?

🔗 Enroll here: https://t.co/1dLJlcUznG

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Last chance (for now) to lend your voice to the future of nutritional psychology.
Every response moves the field forward — and yours matters. Responses are confidential, and the survey closes soon.

Take the survey: https://t.co/j9ZcZN4bbM
Thank you for helping shape the future.

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CNP Course Scholarship

Open to applicants of any background, nationality, or country of residence; however, all application materials must be submitted in English.

Applications close July 1
Winners announced July 20
https://t.co/eX8wq6B9dy