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How People Snack Provides Insight into How They Are Feeling
July 10th, 2009
The next time you are at a party, take notice of what people are snacking on...it could tell you something about how they are feeling. Confident people tend to snack on salty things. These are the folks who are in more secure, comfortable and accepting emotional states. They receive a greater emotional pay-off from snacking on salty foods than do those who are driven by boredom, anxiety or negative emotions. In a study of snacking behavior, AdSAMŽ, a non-verbal process of measuring emotional response, showed that people's snacking behaviors were linked to their emotional state of mind at the time they ate the snack. In addition,...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-07-10)
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