Lifestyle

Fitness

Research redefines dieting and weight loss culture

Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): A new research has re-evaluated the decades of dieting research to redefine the way researchers and the public define and understand dieting and the culture of weight loss.

2021-08-18T07:01:18.386074+00:00 IST

Relationships

Using team's emotions effective to boost creativity

Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): If you're putting together a team for a project, you might be inclined to pick people with cheerful, optimistic dispositions and flexible thinking. But a new management study indicates your team might also benefit from people who are exactly the opposite, according to experts at Rice University, the University of Western Australia, Bond University, and the University of Queensland.

2021-08-18T02:46:55.802186+00:00 IST

Quirky

During COVID, students taking courses online got a lot more sleep: Study

Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): A new study has indicated that different teaching strategies imposed by schools during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in dramatic differences in when and how much students slept.

2021-08-17T07:14:18.405820+00:00 IST

Parenting

Study suggests strategies to support kids' mental health during pandemic

Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): A new study has suggested several simple, practical steps that families can take -- including reducing passive screen time and news consumption, having a structured daily schedule and getting enough sleep -- that can promote resilience against mental health problems in youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021-08-17T07:13:04.766899+00:00 IST

Quirky

Study finds 'contra freeloading' rare in domestic cats

Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): When given the choice between a free meal and performing a task for a meal, cats would prefer the meal that doesn't require much effort. While that might not come as a surprise to some cat lovers, it does to cat behaviorists. Most animals prefer to work for their food -- a behavior called contra freeloading.

2021-08-17T03:37:21.411541+00:00 IST

Quirky

College drinking declined during pandemic, says study

Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): A new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reflected on how the pandemic affected students' social lives and stress, based on their alcohol drinking patterns.

2021-08-16T17:17:10.392420+00:00 IST

Quirky

Are 'people persons' also 'machine persons' when they interact online?

Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): A new study has revealed that people's personalities, such as how extroverted or introverted they are, and their gender can be linked to how they interact online, and whether they prefer interacting with a system rather than with other people.

2021-08-15T19:13:54.585336+00:00 IST

Fitness

Being overweight might cause depression, says Study

Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): Being overweight causes depression and lowers wellbeing, a largescale new study has proved. It further indicated that both social and physical factors might play a role in the effect.

2021-08-15T19:03:20.393497+00:00 IST

Quirky

Here's how products make people feel grounded to place, past

Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): A recent study from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and Cornell University have found that there is an increase in demand for products that are local, made by individually identified people, traditional, or remind people of their childhood and native place.

2021-08-15T09:24:49.951907+00:00 IST

Fashion

I-Day: PM Modi continues with flamboyant 'pagadi' tradition, sports Kolhapuri Pheta style safa with long trail

New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued with his tradition of wearing a colourful safa (headgear) during his Independence Day address to the nation at the Red Fort in the national capital.

2021-08-15T04:33:50.174718+00:00 IST

Food

Ultra-processed foods comprise 2/3 of calories in children, teen diets

Massachusetts [US], August 14 (ANI): According to a new study from researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, ultra-processed foods have become a larger part of kids' and teens' diets, which may be associated with health risks.

2021-08-14T12:38:50.441872+00:00 IST

Parenting

Study finds COVID-19 during pregnancy is associated with preterm birth

California [US], August 14 (ANI): According to a large study led by researchers at UC San Francisco, pregnant individuals who contract COVID-19 face a higher risk of having a very preterm birth, as well as any preterm birth.

2021-08-14T12:33:50.928140+00:00 IST

Quirky

Expressive writing can help with pandemic-induced relationship conflict, aggression: Study

Florida [US], August 14 (ANI): According to a new research from USF's St. Petersburg campus, individuals who wrote about their relationship troubles during the pandemic from the point of view of a neutral observer had less conflict and aggression with their partner.

2021-08-14T12:18:12.379806+00:00 IST

Quirky

Study finds how dissimilar students can become friends with each other

Leipzig [Germany], August 14 (ANI): According to earlier researches, proximity between people can promote friendships, however, a recent study conducted in Hungarian schools showed that seating students next to each other boosted their tendency to become friends--both for pairs of similar students and pairs of students who differed in their educational achievement, gender, or ethnicity.

2021-08-14T10:37:14.270718+00:00 IST