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A Neuroscience Perspective on Food Industry, Media, and the Obesity Epidemic

A Neuroscience Perspective on Food Industry, Media, and the Obesity Epidemic | Science News | Scoop.it

Our brain is a powerful, plastic organ, encompassing the ability mold itself into powerful tools and adapt to ever-changing environments. The evolutionary predisposition to prefer sweet, high fat foods plus the enticing stimuli entering from food media can equal a higher likelihood of becoming obese and acquire chronic diseases. By enacting larger scale social interventions, as well as implementing smaller scale individual interventions, Canadians could enjoy a healthier life, free from diet-related mortality and morbidity.


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Breastfeeding saved babies in 19th century Montreal

Breastfeeding saved babies in 19th century Montreal | Science News | Scoop.it
Breastfeeding increased infant survival rates in 19th -Century Montreal in two major ways, according to research from Concordia University and McGill University.
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Slime mold mimics Canadian highway network (w/ video)

Slime mold mimics Canadian highway network (w/ video) | Science News | Scoop.it
Queen's University professor Selim Akl has provided additional proof to the theory that nature computes.
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Shrubbery on the March in Quebec : Image of the Day

Shrubbery on the March in Quebec : Image of the Day | Science News | Scoop.it
New research shows shrubs and other plants infiltrating the countryside and advancing northward in Quebec.
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