...According to a 1999 study from Birch in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, encouraging a child to eat a particular food can increase the child's dislike for the food by focusing attention on it. Similarly, to the extent that parents...

Dear Heloise: You might want to alert your readers to read all ingredient labels if they are allergic to particular foods. I've enclosed a label from unsweetened baking chocolate bars, and you will see that peanuts are listed -- along...

...challenges when compared to her previous stints at floral shops. Potvin is often asked by customers to help find a particular food project. Even if she's not exactly sure where to look, Potvin is happy to oblige. "Four eyes are better than...

...often comes as a shock because doctors seldom warn about it, Bloch says. Some patients develop an aversion to a particular food: meat tastes rotten or bread like sawdust. But many get a metallic taste in their mouths so bad they simply can't...

...We all know that this can lead to "impulse eating," which you wouldn't have done except for the fact that the particular food triggers that unwanted response. Help yourself by taking some of the pressure off. Out of sight, out of mind...