“Meating halfway”: Exploring the attitudes of meat eaters, veg*ns, and occasional meat eaters toward those who eat meat and those who do not eat meat

The variable prevalence of psychiatric diseases is correlated with dietary composition; the Mediterranean diet tends to lower risk, while the Western diet increases risk. Recent data shows that food composition may partly alter immune system function through its effects on behavior. In nonhuman primates, anxiety-like behaviors and social isolation have been associated with Western diet […]

Social settings associated with eating meals appear to influence the amount of food consumed. In other words, eating with strangers raises the odds of consuming less food compared to eating with family and friends, which was found to increase the amount of food consumed. This is known as the social facilitation of eating. Higgs et […]