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Often focus on research concentrates on reducing and suppressing appetite, but it is important to support those who need to increase their appetite to avoid malnutrition.
Ice cream cones can convey joy and love.
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There are better ways to convey your emotions.
SNAP can help low-income families eat a more balanced diet.
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This pillar of the American safety net originated as a solution to the paradox of hunger in the midst of plenty.
Designed for your body.
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PODCAST: The second episode of our series on the personalisation of healthcare focuses on your diet.
Considered one of the healthiest ways to eat, the Mediterranean diet has evolved over hundreds of years, but ignoring other diets is a form of cultural superiority.
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Olive oil, grapes and fish. There’s a lot to love about the Mediterranean diet but focusing on it might be a way to exclude other healthy and global diets.
Ronald Jackson sells dried fish on the roadside in Mangochi, Malawi.
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Nutrition policies offer the chance for us to think differently about men and women’s roles in society.
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We asked five experts if there should be a nation-wide ban on junk food in schools. Four out of five said yes.
Meal flavours include chocolate, vanilla, banana, and coffee.
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Our experiment tested the short- and long-terms effects of eating the vegan meal replacement powder.
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Providing antiretroviral therapy without incorporating quality diets may not help to reduce illness and death related to HIV.
The carbon cost of beef is about 20 times more per gram of protein than it is for beans.
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Plant-rich diets can help tackle the climate crisis, prevent disease and improve mental health.
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Alcohol-free wine and beer can be high in sugar, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy the occasional sin-free bevvy.
The teenage brain has a voracious drive for reward, diminished behavioural control and a susceptibility to be shaped by experience. This often manifests as a reduced ability to resist high-calorie junk foods.
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Excessively eating junk foods during adolescence could alter brain development, leading to lasting poor diet habits. But, like a muscle, the brain can be exercised to improve willpower.
Bet you can’t eat just one.
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Everyone knows it’s hard to stop eating potato chips or chocolate chip cookies. New research shows why: Certain combinations of fat, sodium, sugar or carbohydrates make them irresistible.
We love junk food.
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Many argue the key to helping low-income Americans eat healthier is eliminating food deserts. A new study suggests this doesn’t help.
The development of an industry in edible insects such as these mopane caterpillars has been slow.
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There needs to be more awareness of the benefits of insects as food, and support for farming and markets.
Why does it seem like no matter how much you exercise, your weight stays the same?
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A biologist frustrated by his own struggle to lose weight explains why simply exercising more and harder won’t melt the pounds away.
The new study still finds that reducing unprocessed red meat consumption by three servings in a week is associated with an an approximately eight per cent lower lifetime risk of heart disease, cancer and early death.
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New research claiming that people do not need to reduce their consumption of red and processed meat says more about the conduct and evaluation of research than it does about beef.
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Scientists are beginning to understand the food preferences of our gut microbes.
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Shoppers struggle to make sense of food labels – and aren’t always sure what they’re eating.
Interest in veganism has never been higher and the old pale stereotypes are receding.
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Where once vegans were pale and passive, they are now represented as plant-eating warriors. Who are the new vegans and how are they viewed in other cultures?