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- Regular consumption of sugary beverages linked to increased genetic risk of obesity
- Providing non-caloric beverages to teens can help them avoid excessive weight gain, study shows
- 'He says, she says': How characteristics of automated voice systems affect users' experience
- Virtual boundaries: How environmental cues affect motivation and task-oriented behavior
- iPhone 5: Consumers focus too much on having the latest features, finds new study
- Psychology can explain and improve bad classroom behavior
| Regular consumption of sugary beverages linked to increased genetic risk of obesity Posted: 21 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT Researchers have found that greater consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is linked with a greater genetic susceptibility to high body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of obesity. The study reinforces the view that environmental and genetic factors may act together to shape obesity risk.  |
| Providing non-caloric beverages to teens can help them avoid excessive weight gain, study shows Posted: 21 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT A new study on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) and teens from pediatric obesity expert David Ludwig, MD, PhD, director of New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital, published 9/21 in New England Journal of Medicine. Findings show adolescents who eliminated SSBs for one year gained less weight than those who didn't, shedding light on an effective intervention to help combat adolescent obesity.  |
| 'He says, she says': How characteristics of automated voice systems affect users' experience Posted: 21 Sep 2012 11:03 AM PDT Human factors/ergonomics researchers have studied how the gender and tone selected for an interactive voice response system, or IVR, affects its user-friendliness.  |
| Virtual boundaries: How environmental cues affect motivation and task-oriented behavior Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:45 AM PDT Much of our daily lives are spent completing tasks that involve a degree of waiting, such as remaining on hold while scheduling a doctor's appointment or standing in line at an ATM. Faced with a wait, some people postpone, avoid, or abandon their task. Others endure the wait but feel dissatisfied and frustrated by the experience.  |
| iPhone 5: Consumers focus too much on having the latest features, finds new study Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:39 AM PDT More than 2 million consumers got to gloat Friday about their shrewdness in procuring an iPhone 5, with its larger screen and 200 additional features through its new operating system. But once the novelty wears off, will they still enjoy their purchase? It depends on why they bought it, says new research.  |
| Psychology can explain and improve bad classroom behavior Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:35 AM PDT A new monograph brings together evidence from psychological research to help readers understand the causes of anti-social behavior and what can be done to curb it.  |
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