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Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have conducted a study associatingovereating and cocaine addiction, but its conclusion is not the one you may expect.

It's called a "health halo effect." As long as we have the feeling we're doing something healthy, we extend it to everything during that meal.

Whether it's the Beatles or Beethoven, people like music for the same reason they like eating or having sex: It makes the brain release a chemical that gives pleasure, a new study says.

What if we could pinpoint the most powerful players in a given food web, those "keystone" species without which the entire ecosystem would collapse? And what if we could predict how changes to one ecosystem would affect its various organisms based on data collected from another ecosystem half a world away?

New study shows that babies who are fed when they are hungry achieve higher test scores – but take toll on their mothers...

Ever feel sleepy after a big lunch? Find out the science behind taking a siesta!

Erica McAlister, an entomologist at the Natural History Museum, knows that the link between sex and food is nowhere so direct as in the mating life of the sagebrush cricket: the meal with which this amorous little guy woos his sweet love is himself. To keep his lady friend engaged during sex, he turns his wings into her willing and delicious meal. “They’re quite meaty,” McAlister told the group.

With fast food chains regularly flooding all entities of the media researchers at the University of Queensland explored the personality traits that make some individuals more susceptible to over-eating and weight gain.

One day, your doctor may tell you to eat two teaspoons of quantum dots and call her in the morning. Well, sort of.

Drinking water has always been the healthy alternative to carbonated sodas or juices full of sugar but it may be more than a better beverage alternative. Water may affect what foods you choose to eat.

Researchers at Rutgers recently evaluated results from 68 previously published scientific reports considering the association between family mealtime and children’s health.

"Virgin boy eggs" or eggs boiled in the urine of prepubescent boys preferably under the age of 10 are a popular spring time snack in China’s northeast city of Dongyang located in the middle of Zhejiang Province. The eggs are believed to provide remarkable health benefits such as reducing body heat, enhancing blood circulation and reinvigorating the body.

Bite size depends on the familiarly and texture of food. Smaller bite sizes are taken for foods which need more chewing and smaller bite sizes are often linked to a sensation of feeling fuller sooner.