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    Research update: Food and children's behaviour
    Whether your child has a diagnosed behavioural disorder or is simply going through a difficult stage, latest research has confirmed that food can be a contributing factor. Nutritionist Tracy Morris...
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    The psychology of eating
    We reveal how we are tricked into eating, and show you ways to outwit your brain to stop overeating.You might think you eat when you're hungry and stop eating when you're full, but scientists...
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    Weight-loss breakthroughs
    Niki Bezzant talks to local weight-loss experts who offer new psychological insights into lasting weight-loss, and practical strategies for dealing with the foods you can't live without.All of us...
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    The low-sacrifice 'diet'
    In an extract from his book Weight Loss for Food Lovers, Dr George Blair-West explains his approach to lasting weight-loss.This is not really a diet in the traditional sense. In essence it is built...
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    What's your food personality?
    Clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo shows you how to lose weight and get healthier, with tips particular to your food personality.How do you measure personality? It’s not easy. It’s shaped...
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    Are your friends and family making you fat?
    We look at a tricky issue: when family and friends, purposefully or not, get in the way of your weight-loss plans.Just as your skirt starts to swing rather than stretch across your hips and your...
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    Worried sick
    We take a light-hearted look at whether we are becoming a nation of hypochondriacs. Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. When this force is used for good, it helps us to focus on what is important...
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    How to change your habits
    When it comes to breaking old habits by establishing new ones, there are some simple principles which will help. We explain them.What are habits?Our habits are the physiological and behavioural...
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    Fancy fruit
    A US study at Cornell University found placing fruit in a fruit bowl more than doubled fruit sales in school canteens, when compared with fruit placed on a steel tray.
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    Mind vs stomach?
    A recent study found people’s food perceptions may influence hormonal regulation of hunger and fullness.In the study published in the journal Health Psychology, participants drank...
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    Colour your world
    Getting portion sizes under control is often a struggle when it comes to maintaining weight but a new study suggests something as simple as changing the colour of the dinnerware on which meals are...
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    Wine and potatoes impress women
    British research has shown that women make presumptions about men’s suitability as a partner by qualifying what foods they have in their grocery shopping trolley.The UK survey revealed red wine...
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    Kids do pay attention to their parents
    A new study in the US has shown that while children aged three to five years are influenced by ‘junk food’ advertisements, they are also influenced by their parents’ messages about...