When food porn holds no allure: the science behind satiety
New research from the University of British Columbia is shedding light on why enticing pictures of food affect us less when we’re full. “We’ve known that insulin plays a role in telling us we’re...
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Strength in numbers when resisting forbidden fruit
A new study from the University of British Columbia helps explain how people become obsessed with forbidden pleasures. The study, which will appear in an upcoming edition of Cognitive, Affective and...
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Q&A on summer food safety with Siyun Wang
Keep your hot foods hot and your cold foods cold, says Siyun Wang. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Siyun Wang is an assistant professor of food safety engineering with the Faculty of Land and Food Systems....
View ArticleSave the seeds, save ourselves
Native cultures and their plant seeds could be keys to addressing crises of food, medicine and energy, coping with climate change, and easing unprecedented rates of species extinction, according to...
View ArticleThe deliciousness investigators
Fourth-year students in the Food, Nutrition and Health program get to explore the science of delicious and healthy food as part of their capstone course FNH 425 at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems...
View ArticleTaking the Earth’s pulse: UBC scientists unveil a new economic and...
A growing world population, mixed with the threat of climate change and mounting financial problems, has prompted University of British Columbia researchers to measure the overall ‘health’ of 150...
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