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The Comfort Food Fallacy

August 19, 2009 by

Most of us can name our favorite “comfort foods” and believe that we are most prone to seek them out during times of stress and upheaval – like moving to a new town or starting (or ending!) a job. Contrary to this well-engrained belief, this research shows the surprising result that our choices of old favorites happen at the opposite times that we predict.