Health
What food gets people's attention? Junk food, by far
(HealthDay)—If cookies, pizza and potato chips seem to pull you in, you're not alone.
Nov 3, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research dispels popular claims linking power poses to powers of persuasion
Strike a pose like Wonder Woman or Spider-Man – and the powers of persuasion are yours!
Sep 5, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologists investigate the broccoli paradox
If we think our friends really enjoy eating broccoli, we are less likely to consume it ourselves.
May 5, 2017
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Health
'Junk food' and the consumer blame game
People in the UK are hooked on takeaways and microwave meals, or so we are constantly told by TV chefs and the media. This apparent addiction to fast food is leading to an obesity epidemic.
Apr 25, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Early childhood the key to improving Indigenous health
A major study into the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has found programs and policies to promote healthy weight should target children as young as three.
Mar 30, 2017
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Health
Food industry tactics shape public food policies
Lobbying and many other tactics from the junk food industry to defend their products and sway public policies are commonplace and influential, according to University of Auckland global nutrition expert, Professor Boyd Swinburn.
Jan 24, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Modern life, bad habits: Africa faces deadly new illnesses
When Rose Kariuki first felt a lump on her left breast, the spectre of cancer—a disease she had only heard of on television—was the last thing on her mind.
Dec 20, 2016
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Health
Mexico's overweight population inches up
Nearly three-quarters of Mexican adults are overweight or obese and their numbers have slightly increased in the past four years despite government programs to fight the epidemic, a government survey showed Thursday.
Dec 16, 2016
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Neuroscience
High-fat diet disrupts brain maturation
The latest study by researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich suggests that excessive consumption of fatty foods could severely disrupt the development of the prefrontal cortex in the maturing brains of young ...
Nov 15, 2016
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Health
UN expert: Junk food is a human rights concern
A U.N. expert says junk food is a human rights concern.
Oct 25, 2016
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