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Wednesday, 05 October 2011 13:01
The Effect of Oestrogen on Weight
New research has shed light on why women often gain weight as they get older. It has also hinted on potential therapies to deal with the problem.
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Monday, 29 November 2010 10:03
Lose Weight By Buying Food With Cash
If you want to eat more healthily, pay for your shopping using cash. Apparently, using a credit or debit card to pay for your food leads to more impulsive unhealthy purchases.
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010 12:54
Make Healthy Food Taste Great By Working Hard For It
A new study from Johns Hopkins University has found that working hard to obtain low calorie foods can make them taste better than high calorie foods.
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:55
New Obesity Drug Makes Unhealthy Food Less Appetising
Imagine a drug that could help you lose weight by making a nice healthy salad just as appealing as chocolate cake and other sugary, fatty foods. This drug could be the future of weight loss treatment following research from the University of Cambridge.
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Tuesday, 12 October 2010 13:14
Is Artificial Light Making Us Fat?
TV and artificial lighting at night could be factors that influence weight gain according to a recent study by Laura Fonken, Joanna Workman, James Walton, Zachary Weil, and John Morris and Abraham Haim. Persistent exposure to light at night even led to weight gain when food intake and activity levels were kept constant.
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Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:07
Obese Individuals Overeat To Compensate For Food Being Less Pleasurable
If you are studying Eating Behaviour you may be interested in this new piece of research that suggests that obese individuals have fewer pleasure receptors and overeat to compensate. The study is relevant for both "explanations for the success and failure of dieting" and "biological explanations of obesity"
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 17:39
Why You Can't Resist That Dessert
Some people find it difficult to resist the temptation of dessert, even when they are already full, while others find it easy to stop eating. Scientists from the University of Texas now have some insight into why this happens.
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 13:47
Junk Food Can Cause Depression
People who eat junk food for comfort may be just adding to their misery, according to researchers at UCL.
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Monday, 21 September 2009 09:11
Smiles Increase Body Satisfaction
According to researchers from Maastricht University, approving smiles can increase body satisfaction in people who have a negative body image. Carolien Martijn and Marlies Vanderlinden, who presented their research British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section annual conference in Sheffield, explained their findings using the well known principle of 'classical conditioning'.
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Wednesday, 09 September 2009 06:55
Deactivating Brain Region Stops Rats From Bingeing
Researchers from the University of Missouri have discovered that deactivating a region of the brain called the basolateral amygdala stops non-hungry rats from eating fatty food. Oddly, the rats still look for and find the food, they just do not eat it.
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