White storks are addicted to junk food and make round-trips of almost 100km to get their fix - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
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Mar 15, 2016
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Looking for a new reason to cut down on "junk" food? Besides the obvious health-related benefits, I showed in a recent study that discretionary or junk foods make up a significant proportion of food-related environmental ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2016
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In a bid to fight obesity, public-health researchers have been trying for decades to find a way to convince teenagers to skip junk food and eat healthily, to little avail. One of the biggest obstacles is the enormous volume ...
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In real estate, it's location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment.
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009
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As rural masses migrate to urban areas, populations grow, and people work toward better living standards, global food system sustainability is jeopardized, according to a new analysis spanning low- to high-income countries. ...
Environment
Apr 3, 2020
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The Nag Factor: How do very young children get their parents to buy foods and beverages of low nutritional value?
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2011
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Humans crave comfort. Sadly, comfort isn't always good for us. That's one of the conclusions of Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman, who has spent the past couple of years considering what our evolutionary history ...
Evolution
Oct 1, 2013
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An obese orangutan has been put on a strict diet by Malaysian wildlife authorities after two decades of gorging on junk food handed out by tourists, a report said Friday.
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2013
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University of Queensland researchers have found bottlenose dolphins in Moreton Bay off Brisbane could be teaching other dolphins to "beg" for food from recreational fishers, with the behavior creating short and long-term ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2023
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Junk food, video games and a lack of exercise all have received their fair share of blame for the spiraling epidemic of obesity in the U.S. But according to a University of Illinois researcher, public health enemy No. 1 for ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2011
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