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Some people find it difficult to resist the temptation of dessert, even when they are already full, while others find it easy to stop eating. Scientists from the University of Texas now have some insight into why this happens.
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People who eat junk food for comfort may be just adding to their misery, according to researchers at UCL.
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According to researchers from Maastricht University, approving smiles can increase body satisfaction in people who have a negative body image. Carolien Martijn and Marlies Vanderlinden, who presented their research British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section annual conference in Sheffield, explained their findings using the well known principle of 'classical conditioning'.
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Wednesday, 09 September 2009 06:55
Deactivating Brain Region Stops Rats From Bingeing
Written by Keiron Walsh
Researchers from the University of Missouri have discovered that deactivating a region of the brain called the basolateral amygdala stops non-hungry rats from eating fatty food. Oddly, the rats still look for and find the food, they just do not eat it.
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Weight loss or weight gain is not just a matter of calories consumed versus calories used. According to a new study, the time of day that you consume food has an influence on weight gain or loss.
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Eating disorders are frequently seen as psychological or societal diseases, but do they have an underlying biological cause? A new study shows that the levels of a brain protein differ between healthy and anorexic women.
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A leading eating disorders specialist has warned that young heterosexual men are developing eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia at similar rates to women and gay men.
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 16:16
Good Intentions Do Not Match Behaviour When It Comes To Snacks
Written by Keiron Walsh
In 1890 William James proclaimed that "With mere good intentions, hell is proverbially paved.", a phrase he probably copied off Karl Marx whose "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions", is a bit catchier. Now it seems that these maxims apply to people's choice of snack. In an article in the September/October 2008 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Dutch researchers found that there is a substantial inconsistency between participants' good intentions to choose a healthy snack and their actual behaviour.
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