MindCraft Challenge #29
One of the challenges of hunger motivation is that people can’t completely cut eating out of their lives—so complete avoidance is not an option. Genetic set points and environmental influences also make it difficult to change eating patterns. The most recent research by Traci Mann suggests that adopting new healthy habits is easier than getting rid of old bad habits—especially by modifying the environment (making good choices more easily available, pre-packaging food in intended portions).
Challenge: Make one structural change to your environment to make a healthy choice easier. What change did you make? Did it make that healthy choice easier?
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A review of eating and self-control
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-012424-035404
The stigma of weight controllability in the workplace
https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2023.78