Eating behavior will be discussed

Ohio State Marion invites the public to attend the second monthly installment of Science Café, a free community dialogue on science, at 7 p.m. Tuesday (12/4) at the Rise & Dine Restaurant, Legacy Crossing, 142 McMahon Boulevard, Marion. Tracy Tylka, professor of psychology at Ohio State Marion, will discuss “Eating Behavior in the U.S.” Tylka will share her views and research on the attitudes and practices of parents and caregivers and how attitudes help shape children's future eating behavior.

From her web page:

Tracy Tylka is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the Marion Campus of The Ohio State University. She attended The University of Akron for her undergraduate and graduate studies, earning her B.A. in 1995, her M.A. in 1998, and her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in 2001. As a part of her graduate studies, she completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Southern Illinois University-Carbondale counseling center. After finishing her internship, she was happy to return to Ohio to pursue her teaching, research, and service interests.

At The Ohio State University, she teaches classes in abnormal psychology, psychology of women, personality, counseling psychology, and general psychology. Within each class, she discusses the impact of sociocultural, psychological, biological, and relational factors on behavior. She also supervises students’ independent studies and honors’ theses (mostly focusing on body image and eating behavior). Many of her honors students have presented their findings at the American Psychological Association annual conferences and published their work in peer-reviewed academic journals such as the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Body Image: An International Journal of Research, Psychology of Women Quarterly, and Psychology of Men and Masculinity.