People who believe in luck and fate are more likely to be obese due to their unhealthy lifestyle, a new study has found.
The study found that those who place their lives in the hands of fate were less likely to change their lives by their own actions, leading to conditions including obesity. Their outlook meant they exercised less, ate less healthily and smoked and drank more than those who believed their life was in their own hands, the Daily Mail reported.
A team from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research looked at the diet habits of more than 7,000 people and compared the results. “Our research shows a link between type of personality of a person and a healthy lifestyle,” said Professor Deborah Cobb-Clark.
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Catchy vegetable names can make kids eat more
Washington: Kids seem to have an aversion to eating vegetables, but you can make your child have more greens by using attractive names for healthy foods, according to a new study.
Researchers from the Cornell University conducted a couple of studies to explore whether a simple change such as using attractive names would influence kid’s consumption of vegetables.
In the first study, plain old carrots were transformed into “X-ray Vision Carrots”. 147 students ranging from 8-11 years old from 5 schools participated in tasting the “cool new” vegetables.
Lunchroom menus were the same except that carrots were added on three consecutive days. On the first and last days, carrots remained unnamed.
On the second day, the carrots were served as either “X-ray Vision Carrots” or “Food of the Day”. — PTI