title: [Genetic and environmental factors in normal and deviant dietary behavior of the child].
abstract: The alimentary behaviors of the child are approached from a developmental point of view, the genesis and the evolution of normal behavior allowing us to better understand the origin, the causality and the signification of pathological behaviors. In this perspective the study, in particular, of the evolution of the taste sensation and its ties with the development of personality permits better to understand the problem. Taking in account actually directions of research and some original works, several directions of study are presented, connected with the following aspects: topological and functional evolution of taste receptors, developmental evolution and individual differentiation of the gustatory sensation, hereditary determinants of gustatory sensation and their possible relations with other aspects of personnality, ethological, cultural and environmental (both, in the large and restrictive meaning) aspects and their place in reinforcements of alimentary behavior. A line of research, which overgoes the only descriptive point of view and has an explanatory aim, is proposed, inserted in a real context.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004032:Diet; D004777:Environment; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005823:Genetics; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology; D013651:Taste Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics
vernacular_title: Facteurs génétiques et environnementaux dans les conduites alimentaires normales et déviantes chez l'enfant.