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How Grocery Stores, Restaurants, Your Office And Even Your Kitchen Trick You Into Eating More
The Huffington Post: Chew on this: When it comes to eating healthfully, our environments may be working against us. Not always on purpose. But simple elements — from the color paint in our kitchens to the
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The Mental Strain of Making Do With Less
The New York Times: Diets don’t just reduce weight, they can reduce mental capacity. In other words, dieting can make you dumber. Understanding why this is the case can illuminate a range of experiences, including
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Studies Explore Interplay Between Self-Control, Reward Processing, and Diet
Two new studies investigate the relationship between self-control and reward processing for chronic dieters and people who would like to control their food intake. The Future Is Now: Reducing Impulsivity and Energy Intake Using Episodic
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When it comes to weight loss, bad habits die hard
Los Angeles Times: On a recent doctor’s visit, a compelling health video was looping in the reception room. It incorporated many of the accepted rules for achieving a healthy weight. The motivational video, tailored to
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A Good Meal: The Science of Savoring
The Huffington Post: There’s nothing I like more than sharing a good meal with friends and family. I like everything about it — the shopping for fresh ingredients, the chopping and cooking, and most of
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Unconscious Choices Can Sabotage Health Goals
Scientific American Mind: Plans for working out and eating well often go awry, and the reasons for those lapses are not always obvious. Three new papers highlight unconscious influences that affect our choices. In several
