Does Having a Sweet Tooth Make You a Sweeter Person?

Shape Magazine:

Can your personality impact the foods you love to eat? Or can what snacks you reach for change people’s perceptions of you? Perhaps, according to a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Researchers looked at whether or not people who ate sweet foods were more likely to volunteer to help another person in need as compared to people who ate non-sweet foods or no food at all. Their results? People who preferred the sweet foods were more likely to help others, and others believed that someone who has a sweet tooth is more agreeable or helpful. The research controlled for positive mood, so the effects were not due to the happy or rewarding feeling one may have after eating a sweet food, researchers say.

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