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Want to lose weight? Try eating the same meals on repeat

Research from the American Psychological Association suggests that repeating meals and maintaining consistent daily calorie intake may lead to greater weight loss than eating a highly varied diet.
March 2026
Press Release

Teen aggression a warning sign for faster aging later in life

Early teen aggression may contribute to faster biological aging and higher health risks by age 30, highlighting how adolescent relationship conflicts can have long-term physical consequences, according to APA research.
March 2026
Press Release

Older adults and insomnia resource guide

This resource guide includes research studies on topics relevant to insomnia and sleep issues among older adults, including the incidence and effects of insomnia, its causes, the measurement of insomnia, and outcome intervention studies. The interventions focus on psychological treatments of insomnia, including cognitive-behavioral techniques, sleep restriction and stimulus control approaches, and sleep hygiene.
August 2023
Toolkit

Do top-grossing American movies portray healthy and unhealthy foods differently? A systematic analysis of food in film

This featured article in this issue of APA Journals Article Spotlight in Health Psychology aims to understand if aspects of the broader context in which food appeared or character interactions with food differed based on nutritional quality.
November 2022
APA Journals Article Spotlight

Anxiety during pregnancy can lead to earlier births, study finds

Results suggest doctors should screen for anxiety during first and third trimesters.
September 2022
Press Release

How to handle the trauma of war from afar

Evidence-based advice from psychologists on how to manage the trauma of war from afar.
April 2022
Article

Communities with higher levels of racial prejudice have worse health outcomes

People who live in communities with higher levels of racial prejudice have worse health outcomes, including more heart disease and mental health problems and higher overall mortality rates.
March 2022
Press Release

Men, masculinity, and mental health, with Ronald F. Levant, EdD

Ronald F. Levant, EdD, discusses how cultural expectations of masculinity affect men’s mental and physical health, how our ideas of masculinity have changed over time, and what psychologists have learned about how to reach out to men.
October 2021
Speaking of Psychology

Exposure to homophobic attitudes linked to higher stress levels among sexual minorities

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people who encounter homophobic attitudes experience increases in heart rate, blood pressure and stress hormones, potentially putting them at risk for multiple health problems.
June 2021
Press Release

April 2021: Health Psychology adopts Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines

Learn more about how Health Psychology is implementing increased transparency guidelines
April 2021
APA PsycNet

How will people react to the new financial crisis?

Psychological research on past financial disasters offers guidance on how people respond to sudden economic calamity.
June 2020
Monitor on Psychology

Seven findings that can help people deal with COVID-19

Psychological research on past crises can help people cope with frequent news flashes about the coronavirus.
May 2020
Monitor on Psychology

Too much coronavirus media exposure may be bad for your health

The featured paper investigates how media exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic can amplify distress.
March 2020
APA Journals Article Spotlight

PROMIS Methods and Applications in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Research

The May special issue of Health Psychology presents articles that illustrate the use of PROMIS measures to advance health behavior research across a wide range of health studies.
July 2019
APA Journals Article Spotlight

Changing Our Behavior to Prevent Chronic Diseases: Behavioral Medicine's Biggest Challenge

Four of the leading behavioral medicine research organizations in the United States have teamed up to accelerate progress towards behavioral medicine's most challenging goals.
June 2019
APA Journals Article Spotlight

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