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- Many apples a day keep the blues at bay
- Effect of taking smaller bites outweighs tendency to eat more when distracted
- Self-reported BMI bias estimates increasing due to weight bias, not weight loss
- Frequent multitaskers are bad at it: Can't talk and drive well
- Teenagers avoid early alcohol misuse through personality management
- Children's complex thinking skills begin before going to school
- Gun control: Focus on manufacturers, not just buyers, study shows
- Parents numb to misuse of narcotic pain meds by youth, new poll shows
- When will we all live to 100?
- Are antidepressants overused?
| Many apples a day keep the blues at bay Posted: 23 Jan 2013 04:53 PM PST Eating more fruit and vegetables may make young people calmer, happier and more energetic in their daily life, new research suggests.  |
| Effect of taking smaller bites outweighs tendency to eat more when distracted Posted: 23 Jan 2013 04:52 PM PST Eating while distracted generally makes people eat more without being aware of it, but reducing bite sizes may be able to counter this effect, according to new research.  |
| Self-reported BMI bias estimates increasing due to weight bias, not weight loss Posted: 23 Jan 2013 04:52 PM PST The gap between obesity levels measured by self-reported height and weight and obesity recorded by measured height and weight is increasing. This is due to an increasing bias in self-reported weight, according to new research.  |
| Frequent multitaskers are bad at it: Can't talk and drive well Posted: 23 Jan 2013 04:51 PM PST Most people believe they can multitask effectively, but a new study indicates that people who multitask the most – including talking on a cell phone while driving – are least capable of doing so.  |
| Teenagers avoid early alcohol misuse through personality management Posted: 23 Jan 2013 01:49 PM PST Personality-targeted interventions delivered by trained teachers and school staff decrease alcohol misuse in at-risk teens and delay their classmates' alcohol uptake.  |
| Children's complex thinking skills begin before going to school Posted: 23 Jan 2013 01:48 PM PST New research reveals that children begin to show signs of higher-level thinking skills as young as age 4 ½. Researchers have previously attributed higher-order thinking development to knowledge acquisition, but the new longitudinal study shows that other skills, not connected with knowledge, play a role in children's ability to reason analytically.  |
| Gun control: Focus on manufacturers, not just buyers, study shows Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:43 AM PST As the gun control debate continues, an expert says the focus should be on those who distribute guns, not solely on those who buy them.  |
| Parents numb to misuse of narcotic pain meds by youth, new poll shows Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:16 AM PST Only 1 in 5 parents say they are very concerned about children and teens misusing narcotics, according to U-M's National Poll on Children's Health.  |
| Posted: 22 Jan 2013 04:14 PM PST A new article brings attention to the rising amount of those expected to live to 100 and asks where it will end.  |
| Posted: 22 Jan 2013 04:14 PM PST Antidepressant prescriptions in the UK have increased by 9.6 percent in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions. Does this reflect overmedicalisation or appropriate treatment? Two experts debate the issue.  |
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