Is your kid on the Dora the Explorer diet? Children say food tastes better when a familiar cartoon character — like Dora or Scooby Doo — appears on its packaging, a new study finds. And most kids prefer snacks that have the …
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Cancer charity chastises FIFA for “unhealthy” sponsors
The World Cancer Research Fund, an international non-profit that works with cancer research organizations and charities, has spoken out against FIFA’s sponsor choices for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa, according to the BBC. The group characterized the international soccer authority’s partnerships with Coca-Cola, McDonald’s
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Understanding junk food “addiction” in lab rats
Exploring the hypothesis that deficits in reward processing may contribute to obesity by making it difficult for certain individuals to stop eating once their energy needs are met—either because they are prewired with faulty reward systems or because “excessive consumption of palatable food can drive reward dysfunction”—researchers
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Would junk food taxes really make people eat better?
Public health officials grappling with the obesity epidemic have debated a wide range of approaches to helping slim the American waistline. To some degree, everything from building more sidewalks to banning chocolate milk has been explored. Yet few tactics have been as polarizing as the possibility of introducing tariffs on treats. …