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How Expectations Change Our Body’s Response to Food, Study Finds

A study published in Health Psychology found that one’s expectations affect physiological responses to food Participants who believed that the milkshake they consumed was high-calorie showed a much steeper decline in ghrelin level compared to participants who believed that the...

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Does the Availability of Palatable Food Influence Eating Behavior and Health?

A study published in Foods examined the relationship between the availability of palatable food and three aspects of eating behavior —cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating. Where palatable foods were widely available, people were more prone to uncontrolled eating...

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Do Children Who Eat Healthier Diets See Themselves as More Capable and Worthy?

A survey of children and their caregivers in China, published in Frontiers in Nutrition, found that children who eat more fruits and vegetables tend to have better self-concepts. In other words, they tend to see themselves as more capable, worthy, and...

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People Consuming Lots of Ultra-Processed Foods Tend to Have Slightly Worse Mental Health Indicators

The results of a survey of Turkish adults published in Food Science & Nutrition showed that individuals consuming more ultraprocessed food tended to self-report slightly more severe symptoms of food addiction. These individuals also tended to report slightly greater symptoms...

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Older Adults Who Eat More Ultra processed Foods Face Faster Cognitive Decline, Study Finds

A study of Brazilian public servants published in JAMA Neurology found an association between high ultraprocessed food consumption and the pace of age-related cognitive decline. Compared to participants with the lowest ultraprocessed food intake (below 20% of calories), those with...

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