Home-delivered meals reduce feelings of loneliness among seniors

Home-delivering meals to seniors may do more than ensure their nutritional health – it may also help their emotional health after a trial shows it reduces feelings of loneliness.

Study Links Quality Of Mother-Toddler Relationship To Teen Obesity

The quality of the emotional relationship between a mother and her young child could affect the potential for that child to be obese during adolescence, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed national data detailing relationship characteristics between mothers and their children during their toddler years…

Eating Fat When Sad Really Does Lift Mood

There may be more to the term comfort eating than we realize – however, consuming fat appears to be the mood-lifter, rather than any other food ingredient. Researchers from University of Leuven, Belgium, reported on a study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation