The first-ever imaging and recording of a brainstem structure critical for feeling full could help reveal exactly how weight loss drugs like Ozempic work, and how to make them more effective.
The particular stressors of the holiday season can make it difficult to listen to your body.
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You likely know that the sight and smell of food can trigger cravings. But internal cues from your gut and your brain play just as important a role in the decisions you make around food.
Clean and safe city parks can be important factors in supporting kids’ health and well-being.
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Obese children outnumber underweight ones globally, and ‘social determinants’ in kids’ lived environments play a fundamental role. Obesity in kids can lead to a lifetime of poor health.
It’s important to establish regular and adequate eating so your body and brain are well-fuelled and you can make sensible decisions around the food you consume.
Social media posts featuring unhealthy foods get more likes and engagement. But there are ways to change that.
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New research finds that switching to a more thoughtful mindset can increase engagement with healthier food options on social media.
The traditional assumption that eating disorders primarily affect affluent white women has led to stigma, stereotyping and misunderstanding.
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Eating disorders in teens are common and dangerous, and parents and loved ones play a crucial role in helping to both identify concerning behaviors and promote healthy ones.
Eating meat only when it is served in a social setting is a growing dietary trend.
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Do you feel the need to clean your plate? Does a bowl of salty chips seem completely irresistible? Understanding your ‘eating personality’ could stop you eating or drinking too much these holidays.
Feeling sick after a workout is usually no cause for alarm.
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Ever eaten that last slice of pizza, even though you’ve had enough? Or polished off kids’ leftovers, despite already feeling full? Here’s what’s happening and how to fix it.
A fly does some of its digesting outside its body before it even eats any food.
Engaging with people who accept and appreciate your body as it is can help you feel more at peace with how you look.
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After over a year of stress eating and seeing each other only through screens, anxiety over changes in physical appearance can make socializing again a daunting prospect.
Moms and dads have better physical and mental health when they dine with their children – despite all the work of a family meal.
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It’s been a stressful year, and for 61% of US adults, a year of unwanted weight change too. This isn’t surprising, as stress, eating and motivation are all linked through hormones in the brain.
Open to eat indoors – but will you?
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COVID-19 showed us we can’t necessarily have anything we want at any hour of the day, or in any season.
Doctors have told people who are overweight to exercise more and eat less, when in fact their overweight may be due to genetic or other factors that exercise won’t change.
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