Selling Sweet Nothings
With childhood obesity rates escalating, psychological scientists are using self-report measures, brain scans, and other methods to reveal how ads for unhealthy foods affect children’s minds — and their eating behaviors. More
With childhood obesity rates escalating, psychological scientists are using self-report measures, brain scans, and other methods to reveal how ads for unhealthy foods affect children’s minds — and their eating behaviors. More
There’s nothing I like more than sharing a good meal with friends and family. I like everything about it—the shopping for fresh ingredients, the chopping and cooking, and most of all, the mindful savoring and good conversation at the table. If I have time. Which I don’t many days, and More
Obesity is largely a failure of self-control. I know it’s possible to quibble about calories and carbs and dietary fat, but fundamentally, obesity comes down to valuing fattening foods today, in this moment, more than we value a healthy future. We know, rationally, that we should forego the French fries More
The Atlantic: Can losing weight really be as simple as a 15-minute writing session? It worked for a group of women who recently took part in a psychological study. But it depends on what you write about. Women who wrote about their most important values for 15 minutes lost an More
Shape Magazine: We all know that tracking your food and workouts is proven to help with weight loss , but what about journaling what’s important to you? Can the simple act of writing down what matters to you most in life help you to live a healthier life? Values and More
Le Figaro: Une chercheuse de l’université de Waterloo, au Canada, a fait maigrir des étudiantes en leur demandant d’écrire sur elles-mêmes. Ici, pas d’angoisse de la page blanche, pas de longues stations debout devant un pupitre haut, pas d’espoir non plus de devenir un écrivain reconnu au fruit de longs More