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Diet-Interoceptive Relationship (DIR)

The Diet-Interoceptive Relationship (DIR) is one of the six core relationship elements of nutritional psychology and describes the bidirectional interplay between dietary intake patterns…

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based, client-centered yet directive counseling approach — developed by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick in the 1980s —…

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based, transdiagnostic form of psychotherapy developed by Steven C. Hayes and colleagues in the 1980s and grounded…

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is an integrative, evolution-informed biopsychosocial psychotherapy developed by Paul Gilbert for distress maintained by shame and self-criticism, in which compassion…

Bliss Point

The bliss point is the concentration of a palatability-driving ingredient — most often sugar, salt, or fat — at which a food or beverage…

Bidirectional Relationship

A bidirectional relationship is a mutually influencing connection between two variables, in which each influences the other rather than one simply causing the other.…

Making Health and Nutrition a Priority During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

Observing public health measures and reducing exposure to the virus are required to slow the spread of this disease. No one knows…

A Greater Role in Nutritional Health

Drinking Plain Water Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Depression

The Lancet. “Globally, One in Five Deaths Are Associated with Poor Diet.”

Dark Chocolate for Depression

Lifestyle Is a Threat