From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Emotional eating — eating when you feel sad or upset or in response to another negative mood — is not uncommon in children and adolescents,…
From the Frontiers press release: Let it be no misunderstanding: heavy alcohol intake has severe harmful effects. But already for several years, researchers have been finding that moderate wine intake can be beneficial in delaying…
From the Experimental Biology 2017 press release: Have you ever wondered why you keep eating certain foods, even if you know they are not good for you? Gene variants that affect the way our brain…
From the Elsevier Health Sciences press release: Food insecurity (FI) affects nearly 795 million people worldwide. Although a complex phenomenon encompassing food availability, affordability, utilization, and even the social norms that define acceptable ways to…
From the Tohoku University press release: People who consume low-fat milk and yogurt, rather than whole-fat dairy products, are less likely to have depression, according to researchers in Japan and China. Dairy consumption has long…
From the Research Organization of Information and Systems press release: Have you ever wondered why just seeing food can make your mouth start to water? By visualizing neuronal activity in specific areas of the zebrafish brain,…
From the Boston University press release: Americans love sugar. Together we consumed nearly 11 million metric tons of it in 2016, according to the US Department of Agriculture, much of it in the form of…
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 University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences press release: Consumers want produce that tickles their taste buds and is easy on the eye, but they think quality fruits and vegetables are a…
From the University of York press release: Scientists at the University of York have discovered a potential link between eating Marmite and activity in the brain, through the apparent increase of a chemical messenger associated…