Introduction: Junk food is increasingly becoming a part of the regular diet for most adolescents in India. Rich fat and salt content, such known to cause nutritional, affective, behavioural, cognitive alterations. The present cross-sectional study thus aimed understand patterns junk consumption school-going Method: A semi-structured, self-administered, pre-tested questionnaire, created by AACCI...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to study how popular licensed cartoon characters appearing on food packaging affect young children's taste and snack preferences. METHODS Forty 4- to 6-year-old children tasted 3 pairs of identical foods (graham crackers, gummy fruit snacks, and carrots) presented in packages either with or without a popular cartoon character. Children tasted both food items in each pai...

A common emotion regulation strategy, cognitive reappraisal, involves altering the meaning of a situation so that the emotional response to the situation is changed. Most research on reappraisal has focused on down-regulation of negative emotion; few studies exist on reappraisal of positive affect, and even fewer have examined the cognitive reappraisal of craving for energy-dense (e.g., "junk")...

Background The revolution in children’s lifestyle and dietary habits which has occurred over the last thirty years can be largely attributed to changes in the family environment and in the social environment in general. Fast food is a diet high in processed foods and soft drinks. Children consuming more junk food are likely to have a lower intake of vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids....

We examined the relationship between usual patterns of food intake, fattiness of food preparation and consumption, and diabetes and obesity status in a Native Canadian reserve in northwestern Ontario. Patterns of intake were estimated using a 34-item food frequency instrument. Scales and scores were developed using factor analysis procedures and were tested for reliability using coefficient alp...

As a result of bad eating habits, humanity may be destroyed. People are constantly on the lookout for tasty foods, with junk foods being most common source. consequence, our patterns shifting, and we’re gravitating toward food more than ever, which is health increases risk acquiring problems. Machine learning principles applied in every aspect lives, one them object recognition via image proces...

Rational junk-food consumption is analyzed within an expected lifetime utility maximizing framework in which longevity and productivity rise with health, and health deteriorates with junk-food consumption. As long as the junk food’s relative taste-price differential is positive, the consumer’s rational diet deviates from the physiologically optimal one and generates lower than maximal levels of...