Disputed data suggest that non-nutritious eats sold on-site don’t fatten kids. (p. 9)

Flub-inducing treadmill tasks aid motor learning, with rehab implications.

Buddies of boyfriends and girlfriends push teens toward or away from booze.

One type of gut microbe sends antianxiety messages through the vagus nerve, changing the behavior of mice. (p. 9)

Economic downturn led to temporarily more severe parenting tactics among genetically predisposed mothers. (p. 9)

New mouse data suggest that even among seemingly identical sugars, how they are delivered can exert subtle metabolic differences with long-term impacts on vitality -- and lifespan.

There’s little doubt that humanity has been tipping the scales at increasingly higher weights and rates. A study now lends support to the idea that meal-time distractions can mask the cues that we really have eaten quite enough. Moreover, it finds, the caloric fallout of not paying attention to what we’re eating doesn’t necessarily end when a meal is over.