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Appetite and poverty
This week Dr Boyka Bratanova published research into the psychological mechanisms behind the links between poverty and appetite. Here, she writes about the obesity challenge and why we need to understand the psychology that links poverty, inequality, and eating behaviour. Let me start with poverty: we know that obesity is strongly associated with poverty. Typically it is […]
21 March 2016Research
Gluttons, drunks and fools
An academic from the University of St Andrews has delved into the Bible to provide food for thought on the subject of eating and drinking.
30 September 2008ResearchThe language of food
CAPTION: Liberius, a five year old male chimpanzee, made different grunts to convey different types of food. CREDIT: Katie Slocombe.
12 October 2005Research