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Study shows NFL fans get fatter after their team loses
CBS Sports: Keep a close eye on your cholesterol, Raiders fans. A new study shows that fans of losing NFL teams tend to be more obese than fans of winning teams. Via For the Win’s
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Food Is Tastier When Part of a Ritual
Scientific American: Food can taste better when you’re really hungry. Now a study reveals another condition that can enhance the flavor of a meal: when it’s part of a ritual. Scientists asked volunteers to eat
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When losing leads to gaining
Chicago Tribune: If you go to a game at U.S. Cellular Field or Wrigley this season, you may wonder why you feel a bit squeezed for space. All those empty seats, and yet, somehow, it
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Sports Fans Tend To Eat More Saturated Fat, Sugar After A Big Loss
The Huffington Post: A tub of ice cream doesn’t just help numb the pain after a bad break-up — it also seems to be what we turn to after our favorite team loses the big
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Building a Better Mass-Market Tomato
The New York Times: Science is trying to build a better supermarket tomato. At a laboratory here at the University of Florida’s Institute for Plant Innovation, researchers chop tomatoes from nearby greenhouses and plop them
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Sportfans: Fett durch Niederlagen? (Sportsfans: compensate the loss with a fat frustration menu)
ORF Austria: “Panem et circenses”, Brot und Spiele halten die Massen bekanntlich gewogen. Die Spiele sind heute ein bisserl anders als damals, statt mit dem Kurzschwert kämpfen die Gladiatoren der Gegenwart nun um einen Ball.
