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  • The Missing Social Link? A review of “The Psychology of Eating Requires Social Context”

    The Missing Social Link? A review of “The Psychology of Eating Requires Social Context”

    Poor diets are one of the biggest threats to both human and planetary health today2. They carry a heavier burden of disease and early death than alcohol, drugs, tobacco, and unsafe sex together3, and are linked to higher rates of poor mental and physical health4,5.Despite this, existing behavioural interventions aimed at changing how people eat have produced disappointingly small effects to date6. In her recent review, Mata argues that there is a specific reason for these underwhelming results, namely, that the field has built its theories and interventions around eating as something individuals do, when in reality, eating is deeply… Lees meer

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