Dodging dietary defaults: Choosing away from healthy nudges

Incorporating away-from-home foods into a healthy eating plan

In our often time-pressed society, convenience is a way of life for many individuals. Foods and meals prepared outside of the home are an increasingly important part of the American diet.1, 2 This is a trend that has coincided with a dramatic rise in the prevalence of obesity. While food, wherever prepared, is not the only factor affecting body weight, awayfrom-home food should be an important ...

Choosing the Distinguishing Frequency Feature of People Addicted to Heroin from Healthy while Resting

Addiction is a biological, psychological, and social disease. Several factors are involved in etiology, substance abuse, and addiction which interact with each other and lead to the beginning of drug use and then addiction. Heroin is an addictive drug that, by acting on the central nervous system, reduces the density of neurons in the brain and interferes with decision making. This paper examin...

Utilization of Away-From-Home Food Establishments, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Dietary Pattern, and Obesity

INTRODUCTION Eating meals away from home has been associated with the consumption of unhealthy foods and increased body weight. However, more rigorous assessment of the contribution of different types of away-from-home food establishments to overall diet quality and obesity is minimal. This study examined usage of these food establishments, accordance to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertens...

From Facebook Regrets to Facebook Privacy Nudges

Habits, nudges, and consent.

In any health care crisis, the first priority is to improve the patient’s condition. But this priority is not absolute as it is normally subject to the patient’s (or someone on her behalf) approval. This can sometimes lead to serious difficulties when the patient on epistemological (the patient may be ignorant or misinformed), political (the patient may have political objections to a particular...