The psychology of food craving

What is a snack, why do we snack, and how can we choose better snacks? A review of the definitions of snacking, motivations to snack, contributions to dietary intake, and recommendations for improvement. Hess et al. (2016) begin by mentioning the benefits of defining a snack and distinguishing between meals and snacks, since the labeling […]

Snacking is a typical diet practice that contributes significantly to daily calorie consumption, having a key role in determining the quality of a diet. It is still unknown, nevertheless, how snacking quality, quantity, and timing relate to cardiometabolic health. To answer these questions, Bermingham et al. (2023) used data from the UK PREDICT 1 cohort […]