Deutsche Welle Science Unscripted

A (surprising) connection between bad eating & loneliness

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If you're home alone on a Friday night, you might stuff your face full of chips, chocolate or candy. (Gabe and Conor do.) A study on brain activity shows it's not entirely your fault, though — and that there may be a way to solve it.
19 Apr English Germany Science · Technology

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