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Junk food

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The key to eating more veggies? Trick your brain.

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By glamming up the labels on dining-hall veggies, Stanford psychologists got diners to eat their beets, mushrooms and carrots.

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Scientists think they may have found a way to rewire your brain to like healthy foods

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Mexicans are debating the role junk food plays in Mexico's national obesity rate.

Mexico’s lawmakers are trying to reduce the appetite for sugary, fizzy drinks with new law

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What rats teach us about junk food

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