McGowan, Kathleen,

The Science of Scrumptious. Kathleen McGowan. - Psychology Today, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 47, Health, 1522-323X; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: The Science of Scrumptious, Sept./Oct. 2003; pp. 54+.

"We're all weird about food. A recent anthropological analysis found that more than a third of us reject slippery food like oysters and okra. Twenty percent of us don't like our foods to touch on the plate. The next time you wander a grocery-store aisle packed with jars of pickled jalapenos and boxes of instant scalloped potatoes, consider this: One-fifth of us eat from a palate of just 10 or fewer foods." (PSYCHOLOGY TODAY) This article discusses how new research aimed at "understanding what we like to eat...may also help solve one of the biggest health problems of our time: why we eat so much."

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Brain chemistry
Food--Health aspects
Food--Psychological aspects
Food--Sensory evaluation
Food consumption
Food habits
Food preferences
Taste

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