A team led by researchers from the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Université Paris Cité, France, has summarized where we are in our understanding of the adverse health effects related to ultra-processed food with some ...
A new UCLA psychology study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary—not the other way around.
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Many of us know all too well the addictive nature of many foods marketed in the United States—most call it "junk food." In fact, this kind of salty, sweet and high-fat fare makes up the lion's share of what's marketed to ...
Sep 8, 2023
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The introduction of the soft drinks industry levy—the 'sugary drinks tax'—in England was followed by a drop in the number of cases of obesity among older primary school children, according to Cambridge researchers. Taking ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Even though 82% of the public welcomed Transport for London's (TfL) 2019 ban on advertising foods high in fat, sugar or salt, the Greater London Authority (GLA) faced strong opposition from large food companies and the advertisers ...
Sep 2, 2021
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A team of researchers from Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. has found that eating junk food can alter the ability of the hippocampus to constrain junk food intake. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open ...
UNSW researchers have found links between junk food consumption and loss of spatial memory in a recent animal study.
Sep 19, 2019
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Can't stop checking your phone, even when you're not expecting any important messages? Blame your brain.
Jun 19, 2019
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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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With more than 14 million Australians now overweight or obese, researchers are warning of the harmful legacy that parental obesity can have on future generations. It follows a vital breakthrough in obesity research, which ...
Jul 18, 2016
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