Daily Archives: January 17, 2008

Moderate fetal alcohol x genetics = trouble

January 17, 2008
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Moderate fetal alcohol x genetics = trouble

Kraemer et al., “Moderate Level Fetal Alcohol Exposure and Serotonin Transporter Gene Promoter Polymorphism Affect Neonatal Temperament and Limbic-Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Regulation in Monkeys,” Biol Psychiatry63: 317-324 (2008). This is another nature x nurture study. We know that in people, if you are mistreated in childhood, and you have a particular gene which causes your...

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Obesity research: The French stop eating when they want to, Americans stop eating when others do

January 17, 2008
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Obesity research: The French stop eating when they want to, Americans stop eating when others do

The stereotype of overeating Americans is true. Americans stop eating meals based on external cues from others. The French stop eating when they themselves want to. Here’s from Wansink, Brian, Payne, Collin R., Chandon, Pierre, Internal and External Cues of Meal Cessation: The French Paradox Redux?, Obesity 2007 15: 2920-2924:

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