Psychology

Psychology in relation to food and nutrition is a very exciting topic and is widely researched. Take a look at some examples we have put together that may help you narrow down your own topic:

Example psychology dissertation topic 1:

The benefits of eggs from urban chickens: Psychological or nutritional?

There has, over the last five years, been a marked increase in the number of urban professionals keeping and rearing chickens. In part this was originally seen as an embracing of the wider organic and ‘rural living’ agenda, but coupled with austerity, the plentiful supply of home-laid eggs has obvious financial benefits too. Devotees of urban chickens and their eggs note that the colour of yolk is richer than that found in supermarkets (even the free range chickens) and further suggest, at least anecdotally, that they are healthier for eating such produce. Applying the rigours of food science to such claims, this dissertation seeks to establish whether such ‘benefits’ have any nutritional basis in reality, or whether the supposed health benefits are purely in the eyes of the beholders.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Berdanier, C. D. (2006). Food shortages during World War II: Can we learn from this experience? Nutrition Today, 41(4), pp. 160.
• Coppock, J. B. M. and Daniels, N. W. R. (1962). Influence of diet and husbandry on the nutritional value of the hen’s egg. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 13(9), pp. 459-467.
• Pi�tekov�, V., Hovorka, M., Vecerek, V., Strakov�, E. and Such�, P. (2006). The quality comparison of eggs laid by laying hens kept in battery cages and in a deep litter system. Czech Journal of Animal Science, 51(2006), pp. 318-325.