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Nutrition and mental health: Exploring the surprising science of food and emotion

Life Examined

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We Love Junk Foods, How Food Companies Capitalize on Our Emotions

Jonathan Bastian talks with Julia Rucklage, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. We'll hear from journalist and author Michael Moss about how food companies capitalize on our emotions. Why do we love certain foods? Have food companies sabotaged our relationship with nutritional food by giving us fast and easy calorie fixes? And can we take back control of the foods we love?

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