Association between eating behaviour and diet quality: eating alone vs. eating with others

This 2015 article reviewed experimental studies that have independently manipulated eating behaviors through social modeling (using others’ eating as a guide for what and how much to eat) and measured either food choice or consumption. Among the 69 articles included in this review, there was limited evidence for hunger, personality, age, and weight having a […]

Perceived social isolation has been linked to several negative health outcomes, such as obesity, alterations in eating behaviors, and psychological symptoms. However, the neural mechanisms governing these associations remain unclear. In this study by Zhang et al. (2024), the authors conducted a cross-sectional analysis to explore this relationship using a sample of healthy, premenopausal female […]