Researchers in the area of behavioural science and space exploration have inferred that language (tongue) could hold the key to encourage healthy eating (tongue). Coaxing people, rather than coercion helps, the scientists have opined. One study, according to reports published in scientific journals, has brought out that in situations with options, words matter. Even as researchers present their findings aided by charts, tables, graphs as well as visuals, they have conceded that one can’t just yell facts at people to convince them about foods that sustain their health, sidelining the factors of taste and preferences, habits being hard to change. Prescriptions of nutritionists as well as elucidation on the calorie angle seem to be nuances that don’t have many takers among lay people. Even using fanciful names to familiar foods may lead to change of mindset for better, but the effect most likely wears out overtime. Familiarity breeds contempt even in case of food.
Psychological eating disorders, often neglected even by the literati, have to be addressed with finesse that needs skill of a high quality. Life-threatening fear of either weight-gain or loss of weight is attributed to distorted body image. The feature is to be traced to the childhood days.
