If you've had a near miss accident in your car or suffered the intimidation of a menacing person, you've probably felt it—a psychological reaction to a threat called a fight or flight response. Your heart rate climbs, anxiety ...
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Why some people handle stress better than others is a question that has fascinated scientists for decades. Now a Yale-led team reports that flexible brain activity in a particular area of the brain may predict resilience. ...
Jul 19, 2016
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Activation of a single type of neuron in the prefrontal cortex can spur a mouse to eat more—a finding that may pinpoint an elusive mechanism the human brain uses to regulate food intake.
Jan 20, 2014
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A new study published in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows just why it is that people tend to turn to fatty foods in order to boost their emotional state and reduce feelings of sadness. Be it ...
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers—which includes appendix, anal, bile duct, colorectal, esophageal, gall bladder, liver, pancreatic, rectal, small intestine and stomach cancers—are the most common type of cancer in the United ...
Dec 8, 2023
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Traveling on a train recently you couldn't help but overhear two women deep in conversation about a mutual obsession with food, including emotional triggers that pushed them towards chocolate and pizza.
Sep 18, 2023
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Obesity risk genes make people feel hungrier and lose control over their eating, but practicing dietary restraint could counteract this.
Jul 6, 2023
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It's not just what we eat, but why we eat that's important for heart health, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The study found that emotional eating was associated with ...
Jan 11, 2023
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Emotional eating, or eating as a coping mechanism for negative, positive, or stress-driven emotions, is associated with unhealthy dietary patterns and weight gain. A research article featured in the Journal of Nutrition Education ...
Sep 7, 2022
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A national, Rutgers-led study examining the interplay between multiple forms of racism, emotional eating and physical and mental health in African Americans shows that some people who are Black engage in emotional eating ...
Aug 11, 2022
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