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Society is far less tolerant of weight gain in women than men, according to a report from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University published this past March. Overall, the study showed that weight discrimination, particularly against women, is as common as racial discrimination. And women appear to be at risk…

Deep within the cerebral cortex is a remarkable handful of cells, discovered only recently, called “mirror neurons.” They’re the only known cells that let us intuitively grasp the meaning of other people’s perceived actions and expressions. As neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni of UCLA explains, they accomplish this by triggering in milder form exactly the same brain…