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- Occasional family meals enough to boost kids' fruit and veg intake
- School shootings: What we know and what we can do
- Experiencing discrimination increases risk-taking, anger, and vigilance
- A new, super-nutritious puffed rice for breakfast cereals and snacks
- Scientists debunk the IQ myth: Notion of measuring one's intelligence quotient by singular, standardized test is highly misleading
- Five reasons why New Year's resolutions to diet and exercise might be unhealthy
- For power and status, dominance and skill trump likability
| Occasional family meals enough to boost kids' fruit and veg intake Posted: 19 Dec 2012 07:34 PM PST Eating meals together as a family, even if only once or twice a week, increases children's daily fruit and vegetable intake to near the recommended five a day, according to researchers.  |
| School shootings: What we know and what we can do Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:27 PM PST School shootings at elementary, secondary and higher education institutions have been a painful reality for American society. But can anything realistically be done to prevent these horrific crimes? A new article attempts to parse out what we have learned from past events, and what we can do about stopping the next attack.  |
| Experiencing discrimination increases risk-taking, anger, and vigilance Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:36 AM PST Experiencing rejection not only affects how we think and feel -- over the long-term it can also influence our physical and mental health. New research suggests that when rejection comes in the form of discrimination, people respond with a pattern of thoughts, behaviors, and physiological responses that may contribute to overall health disparities.  |
| A new, super-nutritious puffed rice for breakfast cereals and snacks Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:36 AM PST A new process for blowing up grains of rice produces a super-nutritious form of puffed rice, with three times more protein and a rich endowment of other nutrients that make it ideal for breakfast cereals, snack foods and nutrient bars for school lunch programs, scientists are reporting.  |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, scientists concluded that the notion of measuring one's intelligence quotient or IQ by a singular, standardized test is highly misleading.  |
| Five reasons why New Year's resolutions to diet and exercise might be unhealthy Posted: 19 Dec 2012 06:28 AM PST As New Year's resolutions to lead a healthier lifestyle are about to be in full swing, many might find that instead of feeling good they are feeling worse. And the reason might be due to the one thing that should be helping: exercise. This is because several allergy and asthma triggers can be found lurking in health clubs, ruining workout routines.  |
| For power and status, dominance and skill trump likability Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:42 AM PST Finding the next Barack Obama or Warren Buffett might be as simple as looking at who attracts the most eyes in a crowd, a new study finds. For the study, which used eye-tracking technology, participants who observed groups of strangers were able to accurately predict who would emerge as leader of the group in 120 seconds or less.  |
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