OBJECTIVE To study whether service of a free school lunch has an impact on weight development and food intake among pupils at a lower secondary school, and to assess the association between self-perceived school behaviour and food intake. DESIGN A controlled intervention study involving service of a free healthy school lunch to 9th grade pupils took place over 4 months, from January to May 20...

Impulsivity has been shown to play a pivotal role in the onset, pattern of consumption, relapse and, most notably, craving of illicit and licit drugs such as cigarette smoking. The goal of this study was to examine the neurobiological influence of trait impulsivity during cue-induced cigarette craving. Thirty-one chronic smokers passively viewed appetitive smoking-related and neutral images whi...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Mindfulness-based interventions are becoming increasingly popular as a means to facilitate healthy eating. We suggest that the decentering component of mindfulness, which is the metacognitive insight that all experiences are impermanent, plays an especially important role in such interventions. To facilitate the application of decentering, we address its psychological mechanis...

The Food Habits Questionnaire (FHQ) is a 20 item self-report questionnaire that measures food intake habits. Questions are about typical eating patterns over the past month, and are rated on a 4-point Likert scale from 1 “Never or Rarely” to 4 “Usually or Always", or “Not applicable”. Fat intake is assessed by focusing on four food selection behaviors: excluding high-fat ingredients and high-fa...