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If you dunk a tea bag repeatedly into your mug or open a cream-filled cookie to lick the filling, you might find coping with pandemic isolation a bit easier than others.
A UC Riverside-led study has found people who adopt unique rituals to make everyday tasks more meaningful might feel less lonely. We found that something as simple as preparing tea in a certain way, as long as it s interpreted as a ritual, can make the experience more meaningful, said Thomas Kramer, a professor of marketing at UC Riverside s School of Business. This makes people feel less lonely.
The paper, published in the
Dressed to Slay? Choice of Clothes Determines Healthy Food Selection, Finds New Study
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In a year when most of us wore our sweatpants and comfortable clothes as we spent our coronavirus lockdown, research has shown that the more we dress up for our meals, the more healthier we eat. A report published in the
Journal of Business Research
by Chinese researchers has shown that wearing smarter clothes while eating makes people more aware of the impression they are making, leading them to opt for better choices. According to a
DailyMail report, the test was conducted on 79 students at a Southern China university.