Study details impact of peer comparison information on physicians’ well-being

Jul 15, 2022

New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): The emotional context in which eating occurs has been thought to influence eating patterns and diet, with studies finding negative emotions predict excessive calorie intake and poor diet quality. A research article discusses how children's unhealthy food choices, especially over weekends, are related to emotion. "Children are more likely to consume unhealthy foods on weekends when meals and snacks are less structured and supervised than on school days," said Christine Hotaru Naya, MPH, Department of Population and Public The department leadership sent monthly emails to all physicians to provide feedback about their preventive care performance. In the control condition, physicians received information about their own personal score. The remaining physicians received emails that contained information about the recipient's performance relative to that of their peers.