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Psychosocial Stress, Obesity, and Diet

Psychosocial Stress, Obesity, and Diet
Higher psychosocial stress predicts more body fat and poorer diet Additional stressors may lead to even more body fat Psychosocial stress appears to promote formation of body fat but, as of 2011, longitudinal studies showed inconsistent results. A meta-analysis involved 14 studies with 32 separate analyses of stress and measures of body fat. Twenty-two of…
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How Ultraprocessed Foods Hook Us

How Ultraprocessed Foods Hook Us
Can't East Just One Munchie? There's a Reason for That The food industry has developed sophisticated and highly effective ways to entice us to buy their products. David Kessler wrote the eye-opening book, The End of Overeating – Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. He wrote that Big Food has created foods with precise…
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How to Overcome Resistance to Healthy Behaviors

To live better, change your behavior Six influencers of behavior change Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler of the business consulting firm, Vital Smarts, provide a model that you can use to embrace healthy behaviors. The basic idea of Influencer –The Power to Change Anything is that changing human behavior…
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Sleep and Immunization

Restful sleep builds immunity Immunization works better after adequate sleep Conventional wisdom holds that a good night’s sleep reduces the risk of getting the flu. Researchers at the University of Chicago conducted an experiment to test this idea. Researchers recruited 25 healthy men with a mean age of 23 years. Eleven of the subjects had…
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