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European Commission urged to ban food additive E171: ‘Prevention is better than cure’
30 April 2019 - MedicalXpress - Study links exam stress with junk food cravings, snacking, and eating less fruit and veg
Does diet affect a child's ADHD?
Children with ADHD may have higher risk for poor diet
BBC - The diets cutting one in five lives short every year
Maternal diet during pregnancy may modulate the risk of ADHD symptoms in children
The salt-craving neurons: How the appetite for salt is shaped by a taste for sodium
Good enough to eat? The toxic truth about modern food
Study links unhealthy diet to mental illness in California adults
Want to improve your mood? It’s time to ditch the junk food
24 January 2019 - MedicalXpress - New insights into why we crave fatty foods when dieting
Optimising Nutrition - Should you EAT Lancet?
BBC - The diet to save lives, the planet and feed us all? (NOT)
Sugar's sick secrets: How industry forces have manipulated science to downplay the harm
9 January 2019 - Science Daily - Carrots or candy bars? Context shapes choice of healthy foods
Junk food diet raises depression risk, researchers find
29 November 2018 - The Guardian - 'Diabolical' diets: four in 10 children consume sugary drinks daily
26 November 2018 - BBC News - The Food and Medicine Debate
22 November 2018 - The Guardian - Type 2 diabetes now affects nearly 7,000 young Britons
16 November 2018 - Nutrition Insight - Sugar crash? Alarming levels of sugar in milkshakes, UK lobby group says
Insufficient sleep in children is associated with poor diet, obesity and more screen time
How diet impacts health and well-being
19 October 2018 - Futurity - This part of the brain may shape our food choices
Study firms up diet and depression link
Quitting junk food produces similar withdrawal-type symptoms as drug addiction
Myth - Healthy food is more expensive than unhealthy food
11 September 2018 - MedicalXpress - Global nutrition group issues first-ever consensus criteria for diagnosing malnutrition
2 August 2018 - MedicalXpress - Misleading claims on sugar-rich cereals
Food additives a toxic mix for kids
9 July 2018 - MedicalXpress - To reduce your risk of obesity, it helps to have a mom who follows five healthy habits
Healthy diet may lower eye disease risk
Foods combining fats and carbohydrates more rewarding than foods with just fats or carbs
Adolescents who consume a Western-type 'high-fat' diet may develop poor stress coping skills, signs of PTSD
11 June 2018 - EurekAlert - Large study finds workplace foods contribute to unhealthy eating
15 May 2018 - MedicalXpress - An energy dense diet changes the brain and increases urge to eat
14 May 2018 - The Guardian - Industrial trans fats must be removed from food supply, WHO says
1 May 2018 - The Conversation - Want to eat better? You might be able to train yourself to change your tastes
Pregnancy diet and offspring "hyperactivity-inattention symptoms"?
26 April 2018 - Sustain - Children's Food Campaign launches parental survey on Junk Food Marketing
What is Britain eating? The ultra-processed truth about 10 of our bestselling foods
Obesity risk doubles for teens bombarded with junk food adverts
9 March 2018 - MedicalXpress - Some great ways to fight childhood obesity
27 February 2018 - The Conversation - Children are far from protected from junk food ads – especially on social media
14 February 2018 - Nutraingredients - Western diet linked to increased risk of mental health problems for teenagers
12 February 2018 - The Guardian - It's not just in the genes: the foods that can help and harm your brain
4 February 2018 - Futurity - Obesity may make ignoring ‘food cues’ even harder
How to eat well for a healthy brain in later life
Teens likely to crave junk food after watching TV ads
3 January 2018 - The Conversation - Five reasons why we overeat
3 January 2018 - MedicalXpress - Food cues undermine healthy eating choices