Noise May Affect One's Health
Here is a very interesting story by Allison Aubrey on NPR: (press the link to be taken to NPR.org website and the story)
Year In Dieting: Distraction, Noise Cause Overeating
by Allison Aubrey at NPR on Jan 1 2011
Thank you Allison Aubrey and NPR for broadcasting this interesting story on NPR Weekend Edition Saturday on 1/1/11.
There may be other health concerns caused by noise pollution, such as tinnitus.
Researchers from the University of Birmingham, and from the University of Manchester, both in the U.K., along with Unilever, are studying in different research undertakings, the effect of noise on eating and drinking, and in the University of Manchester and Unilever’s study, its effect on the brain’s ability to gauge other senses. In the latter, the study, which included 48 participants, was published in the peer-reviewed journal Food Quality and Preference.
We believe that the ultimate responsibility for what is allowed into one’s body – be it food, drink, or sound from the environments we are in – rests with the ‘person’.
What are your thoughts?
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