The psychology of comfort food - why we look to carbs for solace
- Written by Joanne Dickson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University
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Amid the global spread of COVID-19 we are witnessing an increased focus on gathering food and supplies.
We’ve seen images of supermarket shelves emptied of basics such as toilet paper, pasta, and tinned foods. Messages to reassure people there would be continued supply of provisions has done little to ease public...
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