Tag: appetite

Study suggests smaller plates don’t help you eat less when you’re hungry

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… Read more »

Study examines effect of emotions on children’s eating habits

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… Read more »

Study suggests marketing food as a “meal” rather than “snack” may help prevent overeating

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… Read more »

Study examines how branding and prices influence children’s decisions about snack purchases

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… Read more »

Gates of serotonin: Cracking the workings of a notorious receptor

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… Read more »