News tagged with eating behaviors
Eating behavior influenced by dining partners
Share a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other's behavior and take bites at the same time rather than eating at your own pace, says a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the online journal PLoS ON ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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New approach to management of overeating in children
Overeating, whether in children or adults, often takes place even in the absence of hunger, resulting in weight gain and obesity. Current methods to treat such overeating in youth focus on therapies that restrict what kids ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Web-based intervention appears ineffective for preventing weight gain in adolescents
A web-based computer-tailored intervention aiming to increase physical activity, decrease sedentary behavior, and promote healthy eating among adolescents was not associated with positive long-term outcome measures, but may ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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E-Learning programs may do little to change eating habits
With more people online and using smart phones, health applications or “apps” as they are popularly known are being promoted to help with everything from exercising to quitting smoking. A new review ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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'Drunkorexia:' A recipe for disaster
It is well known that eating disorders are common among teens and college students. Heavy alcohol consumption is another well-known unhealthy habit of this age group. A new study from the University of Missouri shows that ...
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Evidence for 'food addiction' in humans
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 ...
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Adolescents' dieting and disordered eating behaviors continue into young adulthood
Adolescents who diet and develop disordered eating behaviors (unhealthy and extreme weight control behaviors and binge eating) carry these unhealthy practices into young adulthood and beyond, according to a study conducted ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Recipe for family mealtimes calls for 3 ingredients in the right amounts
A University of Illinois scientist reports that family mealtimes that contain three ingredients in the right amounts can improve the quality of life in children who have chronic asthma.
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Missing self-injury behavior in youths with eating disorders, study finds
An alarming number of adolescents already battling eating disorders are also intentionally cutting themselves, and health-care providers may be failing to diagnose many instances of such self-injury, according to a new study ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Study shows serious emotional disturbances among children after Katrina
A team made up of mental health professionals, emergency response experts, and researchers from several universities, including Virginia Tech, has published the results of a study that shows serious emotional disturbances ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Health-centered weight control method shows promise
Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity - and most are not effective over the long term. In a study of a "weight-acceptance" intervention, published in the November ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Long-term exercise, healthy eating habits in young adults: study
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Despite mounting public health concerns about obesity and persistent social pressures dictating that slim is beautiful, young women in their '20s consistently exercise less than young men.
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Friendship influences eating behavior, particularly when friends are overweight
A new study of childhood obesity in the United States has found that some social factors, such as the presence of friends, may put overweight youths at greater risk of overeating.
Aug 03, 2009 |
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