Via Scoop.it – Healthcare Continuing Education

Seeing overweight people can cause you to choose unhealthy foods and to eat more of them unless you consciously focus on your health goals, according to new research. In one experiment, people walking through a lobby were asked to take part in a quick survey that included photos of an overweight person, a normal-weight person, or a lamp. As thanks for completing the survey, the participants were told to help themselves to a bowl of candy. Those who saw the photo of an overweight person took more candies than those who saw the other two photos, the investigators found.
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