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Today you'll learn about how a simple walk-through nature

could make you want to eat healthier foods.

A new finding that T-Rexes might not have been as

cognitively advanced as we thought, and the sheath that keeps

selfish from doing battle in the womb.

All right, this is going to be interesting. A while back, Maria Langwa went in the different types of landscapes. To say they experienced a bit of nature would be the

understatement of the year. But during the trip Maria noticed something. After biking

through some of the more natural settings like forested areas for example. She and her team tended to choose

healthier, less processed foods to eat. That is an interesting observation. If I

had to guess I'd say Maria has the curious I have a researcher.

Oh that's a great guess.

She's actually an assistant professor of marketing

and her research focuses on the intersections of marketing,

consumer behavior, and public health.

Ah, so she might be interested in understanding why we choose to consume the kinds of foods we do.

Precisely.

And after this various dude observation, she and a research team decided to conduct a series of studies to see if our proximity to nature might influence our decision making when it comes to snacks and meals.

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