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Friday, January 20, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Color-coding, rearranging food products improves healthy choices in hospital cafeteria

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 01:32 PM PST

A simple program involving color-coded food labeling and adjusting the way food items are positioned in display cases was successful in encouraging more healthful food choices in a large hospital cafeteria.

When it comes to accepting evolution, gut feelings trump facts

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 10:39 AM PST

For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive "gut feeling" may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study. In an analysis of the beliefs of biology teachers, researchers found that a quick intuitive notion of how right an idea feels was a powerful driver of whether or not students accepted evolution -- often trumping factors such as knowledge level or religion.

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