Category Archives: Behaviors and Obesity

Prevalence and Familial Patterns of Night Eating

Prevalence and Familial Patterns of Night Eating in the Québec Adipose and Lifestyle InvesTigation in Youth (QUALITY) Study. Author Interview: Jennifer Lundgren, PhD, FAED Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology University of Missouri-Kansas City 5030 Cherry Street, Rm 321 Kansas … Continue reading

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Residual Obesity Stigma : Dr. Latner

Residual Obesity Stigma: An Experimental Investigation of Bias Against Obese and Lean Targets Differing in Weight-Loss History Authors’ Interview: Janet Latner, Daria Ebneter, and Kerry O’Brien  Janet D. Latner, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2530 Dole Street, … Continue reading

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Lifestyle changes for obese patients linked to modest weight loss

A program that helps obese patients improve healthy behaviors is associated with modest weight loss and improved blood pressure control in a high-risk, low-income group, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Duke University, Harvard … Continue reading

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Sleep and eating behavior in adults at risk for type 2 diabetes : J. Kilkus MS

Sleep and eating behavior in adults at risk for type 2 diabetes Author Interview: Jennifer M. Kilkus, M.S., R.D., L.D.N What are the main findings of the study? Using a sample of 53 healthy urban adults with parental history of type 2 diabetes (30 F/23 M; mean (SD) age: … Continue reading

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Effects of Manipulating Eating Frequency During a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention : Author Interview J. Bachman

Effects of Manipulating Eating Frequency During a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Jessica Bachman Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics Marywood University 2300 Adams Avenue Scranton, PA 18509 What are the main findings of the study? 50 overweight/obese, … Continue reading

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Why diets don’t work? Starved brain cells eat themselves

A report in the August issue of the Cell Press journal Cell Metabolism might help to explain why it’s so frustratingly difficult to stick to a diet. When we don’t eat, hunger-inducing neurons in the brain start eating bits of … Continue reading

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A view of how fatty foods makes you feel less sad

It is well known that there is an intimate relationship between emotional state and food intake — we choose chocolate over an apple when overworked and stressed and comfort food makes us feel better. A team of researchers, led by … Continue reading

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Why do people eat less when they have big forks?

Larger portion sizes usually mean we eat more food, but according to new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, bigger bites lead to eating less—in restaurant settings. “In this research we examined the influence of small versus large bite-sizes … Continue reading

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Evidence for ‘Food Addiction’ in Humans

07/12/11, Clearwater Beach, FL.  Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that people can … Continue reading

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