Sentences with phrase «food less rewarding»

If you find food less rewarding, in other words, you eat too much in search of finding a «normal» reward experience, and thus gain weight.

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I want to thank the reporter, Claudia Feldman, for taking time to speak with me about issues I — and most of you — care so much about: trying hard to feed our kids well in a less - than - healthy food environment; improving school food; and yes, my pet peeve of food in the classroom for birthday treats or performance rewards.

It all has to do with the way our brains are wired: Kids over-exposed to high - fat, high - sugar foods have a less sensitive reward system and need more junk food to feel the good effects sweet treats bring.

So, the less you expose your baby to junk food, the more sensitive their reward system — and the less sweets they'll end up consuming in the long run.

And that's just it — when kids feel that they have to eat one food in order to be rewarded with another food, they automatically associate the first food with «yucky, gross, or less desirable» and the dessert food as delicious and even more desirable than before, because your child needs to work for it now.

When they encountered an uncertain food reward, the perturbed dogs also appeared less inclined to try the ambiguous treat, which the researchers interpreted as evidence that dogs indeed feel anxious when left alone.

Recent studies have shown that endorphin blockers do lessen the activation of reward circuits in humans and rodents that are presented with appetizing food — the subjects eat less.

Over the following year, those whose brains showed less activation in areas known to respond to natural rewards like foods ended up gaining more weight — though only if they had a particular genetic makeup.

The study's results suggested that girls whose brains showed less reward system activation to foods also gained more weight — if they had the DRD2 Taq1AQ1 or the DRD4 7 + repeat alleles.

There could be a transition in obesity, as has been suggested for addiction, where overconsumption of appetizing foods is initially driven by reward, but then becomes less reward driven and more automatic and compulsive over time.

I had to definitely choose the less food reward.

The assumption is that such a diet is fattening because there's something about eating a variety of foods, mostly junk foods, that is so rewarding or at least so less bland than a plain chow diet that both humans and animals get fat eating it.

Research shows a difference in DNA could mean some people are less sensitive to the taste of sugar, so they chase sweeter and sweeter foods to get the reward — foods the average person would find way too sweet.

Fructose and glucose look similar molecularly, but fructose is metabolized differently by the body and prompts the body to secrete less insulin than does glucose (insulin plays a role in telling the body to feel full and in dulling the reward the body gets from food).

Todd: I would suggest this movie struck a chord because fashion is less the point (though I think looking at the film through the lens of food and fashion yields plenty of rewards) than it is the vehicle to talk about something Hollywood loves: the difficulty of being in a relationship with a demanding person.

Those who had viewed the food images were almost 20 % more likely to opt for less money sooner (61 % versus 41.5 %), showing an interest in more immediate rewards.

Now with the puppy less timid, they can take a food reward when riding in the car, going in the carrier, or meeting new people.

They are far less likely to be distracted by an arm chair or potential digging spot if they are being rewarded and encouraged with their favorite foods.

Repeatedly being rewarded with a food treat for sitting will build her confidence, in addition to the fact that a dog is less likely to urinate if she is sitting.

As the pup learns the behavior, stop giving a food reward for less than exact responses, and reward only quick, well - performed responses.

Then there are those cats that could care less about food rewards but a special toy will get them moving.

By asking more for less, you have begun to gradually and progressively phase out food rewards in training.

Dogs that are less inclined toward food and more inclined towards affection can be trained using the same method but instead of treats utilize positive verbalizations and petting to reward desired behavior.

For every $ 100 spent at participating grocery stores, like Kroger and Food for Less, or online through shop.fuelrewards.com you will earn 25 cents off per gallon (up to 20 gallons per reward).

Other feeding practices, such as using food as a reward, parental monitoring of children's food consumption, teaching children about healthy eating, parental modeling of healthy habits, or allowing children control over feeding have been less studied, but may be important in the parent — child feeding relationship.

It is likely that many parent — child feeding interactions, especially parental restriction of some foods or the use of food as a reward, do not often occur during planned mealtimes, but instead, when less nutritious food is more readily available.