Overeating
All entries tagged with OvereatingWatching Crime Shows Makes You Eat More?
I'm a little bit out of touch with what's popular on TV - but I do know that crime shows are perennial favorites. We really are fixated with murder and violence.
A curious study has shown that people eat more when they contemplate death.
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Women Wear Bikinis: Men Eat Chocolate Cake...
When some men see women in bikinis or lingerie - they lose their ability to delay gratification: whether it's about food or money.
The research in the Journal of Consumer Research is called "Bikinis Instigate Generalized Impatience in Intertemporal Choice".
From the the lead author: "Prior exposure to sexy stimuli may influence the choice between chocolate cake or fruit for dessert."
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Why You Binge-Eat and How To Stop
Does this scenario look familiar to anyone? After sticking rigidly to my diet for weeks, I "cracked" and scoffed an entire stick of garlic bread with a tub of onion and garlic dip.
At least the vampires kept away that night...
The body and mind react badly to several weeks of "perfect" dieting. Constant low-level hunger makes you crave food, and forbidding anything makes it perversely more desirable. Weeks of deprivation lead to grabbing the nearest high-fat, high-calorie foods and digging in. So, what can you do to break the pattern?
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5 Reasons Why We Overeat
NYC Food blog Blogsoop digs into some of the reasons why we overeat.
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Food: Can Variety Breed Indulgence?
Every morning I have the same breakfast. With the exception of a few minor variations I have been eating the same breakfast day in and day out for years.
Some people believe that too much variation can lead to indulgence.
Is this really true?
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Do You Eat More When in Large Groups?
I rarely eat in food courts (or food halls). These are the communal eating places in shopping malls - where you get to choose your food from a variety of vendors.
When I do eat in a mall I notice I always eat very fast. Maybe it's the noise -- maybe I just want to get out of there. Whatever the reasons - my food hardly "touches the sides" as it were. If I had purchased a large portion - I'm sure the whole thing would go down the hatch before I noticed what I was doing.
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