Why do I crave unhealthy foods?
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The Role of Environment and Social Groups in Food Cravings
Listening Miriam meets food experts from Varkeningen University in the Netherlands. They explain why we crave salty, fatty, sugary foods like pizza and crisps. But what exactly are we responding to? Is it our environment? Is it the people around us? What role do they play in what food we crave? To answer that question, we headed to a city where cravings are endlessly created and satiated – Amsterdam,. In the bustling Rembrandt Blind District, psychologist Rochelle de Vries and food sociologist Jonas House were very keen to introduce me to a very Amsterdam way of satiating one's cravings.
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