New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring statistical learning in speech segmentation and links between weight-related perceptions and long-term health outcomes… More
Obesity
Children Gain More Weight When Parents See Them as ‘Overweight’
Children whose parents considered them to be ‘overweight’ gained more weight over the following decade compared with those whose parents thought they were ‘normal weight,’ according to data from two nationally representative studies… More
NIH-Funded Course on “Strengthening Casual Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research”
The University of Alabama at Birmingham invites you to join their NIH-funded short course on “Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral… More
Vermont Center on Behavior and Health Announces 4th Annual Conference
The Vermont Center on Behavior and Health (VCBH) announces its 4th annual conference: Behavior Change, Health, and Health Disparities. This… More
UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center Offers 5-Day Summer Courses
UAB’s Nutrition Obesity Research Center will be holding two 5-day short courses at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. June… More
How The Food Industry Helps Engineer Our Cravings
NPR: It is no secret that the rise in obesity in America has something to do with food. But how… More