Scientists have found out what makes people eat poor-quality food

Norwegian experts analyzed the situations that push people to eat bad food.

Researchers studied 17 cases when a person eats food, even realizing that it can harm her. The reason is simple – the consequences of refusing food seem worse than the consequences of eating.

That is, a person eats undercooked meat or moldy bread because it is more important for him to maintain good relations or get a new position.

True, the career turned out to be at the end of the list – family affairs lead the table. The first place, according to the results of surveys, was taken by visits to the relatives of the husband or wife, which exert a strong pressure on the psyche. The next reason is children. Not every parent will refuse to eat the soup that his nine-year-old daughter made herself.

1,900 volunteers also took part in the study, who were called certain low-quality products and situations in which they had to make a choice. .

The results of the study showed that our behavior is controlled by fear. In this case, the fear of seeming rude or offending others.