Health
App combines latest research to help users curb food cravings
Experts are seeking volunteers to test a research-based app that aims to help users curb cravings for unhealthy foods and lose weight.
Feb 20, 2017
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Health
How to break the junk food habit
Do you find yourself craving ice cream, intoxicated by an image of french fries or unable to resist the candy jar at a co-worker's desk?
Nov 1, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain stimulation to reduce food cravings? The data so far...
Available research suggests that noninvasive stimulation of a specific brain area can reduce food cravings—particularly for high-calorie, "appetitive" foods, according to a review in the Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal ...
Jul 19, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Say it isn't so! Indulging while pregnant linked to excess weight gain
A new University at Albany study may have pregnant women thinking twice before reaching for the pickles and ice cream.
Jun 20, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Some Asian-Americans are predisposed to want more carbs and fast food
Rice anyone? How about a bowl of ramen noodles? Researchers have found that some Asian-Americans are more likely to hunger for carbohydrates and unhealthy foods than other Asian-Americans—and the reason appears to be genetic.
Jun 7, 2016
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Other
What happens to your brain when you're pregnant – clumsiness, food cravings, and moodiness?
My forgetful friend – the subject of my original article – gave birth to a baby girl on Thanksgiving Day. She's a beauty, and I know her mum agrees that the morning sickness, crazy sense of smell and forgetfulness were ...
Feb 23, 2016
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Health
Do we crave the food our bodies need?
Food craving is an intense desire to consume a particular food that is difficult to resist. This is different from hunger, as consumption of any number of foods satisfies hunger.
Feb 23, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New study reveals Tetris can block cravings
Playing Tetris for as little as three minutes at a time can weaken cravings for drugs, food and activities such as sex and sleeping by approximately one fifth, according to new research published this week.
Aug 13, 2015
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Neuroscience
Heightened ability to imagine odors linked to higher body weight
Researchers at The John B. Pierce Laboratory and the Yale School of Medicine have revealed that the ability to vividly imagine the smell of popcorn, freshly baked cookies and even non-food odors is greater in obese adults. ...
Jul 7, 2015
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Medical research
How the bacteria in our gut affect our cravings for food
We've long known that that the gut is responsible for digesting food and expelling the waste. More recently, we realised the gut has many more important functions and acts a type of mini-brain, affecting our mood and appetite. ...
Nov 7, 2014
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