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The Center for Nutritional Psychology Summary of USDA and HHS Published Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030

Editor’s Note: This CNP summary presents the newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025–2030, exactly as published, without additional commentary. The CNP team is currently conducting an internal review to assess these guidelines and their implications for nutritional psychology. The...

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GLP-1RAs Reduce External Eating Behavior in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes

A multicenter observational study in Japan published in the Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare found that individuals with type 2 diabetes taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) showed reduced external eating scores after 12 months of therapy Their blood...

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Psychological Experiences of Hunger Can Be General or Specific and Depend on Memory

A narrative review published in Nutrition Reviews suggests that there are two distinct types of hunger experiences – general and specific. General hunger is a desire to eat triggered by temporal or interoceptive cues. Specific hunger is hunger for specific...

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A New Framework for Analyzing Food Flavor Perception

A review paper published in Foods proposed a new framework for analyzing flavor perception, focusing on sweetness The framework is based on whether sensory information is seen as originating from within or from outside the body of the person perceiving...

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Study Proposes Five Stages of Ultra-Processed Food Addiction

A conceptual paper published in the Journal of Metabolic Health proposes that there are five stages of addiction to ultra-processed foods. In the first, pre-addiction stage, consumption of sugar and fat leads to increased activity in the regions of the...

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