From the American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev press release: Tricking the brain into eating less by serving food on a smaller plate doesn’t necessarily work, according a new study by Ben-Gurion University of…
From the University of Texas at Dallas press release: A University of Texas at Dallas psychologist has examined the preconceptions about the effects of emotions on children’s eating habits, creating the framework for future studies…
From the Penn State press release: People are often told that eating everything in moderation can help them lose weight, but it is better to choose healthier foods than to try to eat less, according…
From the University of Surrey press release: Marketing food as a ‘snack’ leads to increased consumption and continued overeating, a new study in the journal Appetite reports. In the first ever study of its kind, Professor Jane…
From the Tufts University, Health Sciences Campus press release: What determines how children decide to spend their cash on snacks? A new study shows that children’s experience with money and their liking of brands influenced purchase…
From the Hiroshima University press release: Over recent decades, our understanding of hunger has greatly increased, but this new discovery turns things on their head. Up until now, scientists knew that leptin — a hormone…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne media release: EPFL scientists have elucidated for the first time how a notoriously elusive serotonin receptor functions with atom-level detail. The receptor transmits electrical signals in neurons and is…
From the Indiana University press release via EurekAlert!: A team of American and Italian neuroscientists has identified a cellular change in the brain that accompanies obesity. The findings could explain the body’s tendency to maintain…
From the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania press release via ScienceDaily: “You are what you eat,” the saying goes, but is what you eat playing a role in how much you…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: There are two key cell types in the brain that are central to the regulation of feeding behaviors, agouti-related peptide (AgRP)-expressing neurons and proopiomelancortin (POMC)-expressing neurons. Previous…