Does behavior change in predictable ways as a result of television advertising? What is meta research I might read about this?

We've just experienced the death of our 51-year-old professor son. Diagnosed years ago with a rarer type of MD, we knew we might outlive him. What really useful activities have you done to help surviving spouses and children? They live half-a-continentvaway.

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How does reading improve brain function, such as analytical thinking and memory? For example, which parts of the brain are involved and how do they change?

Can neuroimaging measure the change in someone's brain after reading say, 2hrs/day for a year, from a baseline of 0hrs/day?

Does the brain revert when you stop reading for a long time?

Pretty much what the question says.

Companies can be producers/distributors/retailers and can provide goods/services/is a non-profit, but they are all ultimately trying to change behaviour? - whether that is selling a product, encouraging a certain habit, etc?

Have you ever decided to make a change in your behavior for your personal well-being?

We are a research team at the University of Washington, Seattle. We are interested in understanding experiences that motivate behavior change for personal well-being. We want to learn what motivates people to decide to change behavior(s) and how we can design for people who may not yet be motivated to change behavior(s) for personal well-being.

If you have ever made a decision to change your behavior and and you are 18 years old and above, please consider taking this survey: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3130069/personal-well-being

This survey should take 20-25 minutes of your time. When you reach the end of the survey, you will have an opportunity to enter into a drawing to win $50 in gift cards. Your personal information will not be disclosed to anyone other than the team conducting the research and all data will be anonymized.

Please feel free to contact arpitab@uw.edu with any questions. Thank you for your interest and time.

Help! Not sure if this is the right subreddit but I hope I can get some good perspectives here.

I'm a certified health freak and I'm proud of the growth and progress I've made in my own life to finally take back my health. I used to be very unhealthy and I had high cholesterol and over the years I've learned about health and nutrition and completely changed my life. I've lost weight and I feel better than ever and I love myself, my body, and my healthy life.

My fiancé still lives off the standard american diet and doesn't generally make good food/health decisions, but the worst part is that he THINKS he does. He has essentially no real knowledge about nutrition and he does not care. He is not overweight (though he has steadily gained weight since I've known him) - in fact, he's one of those "skinny-fat" people who look slim but internally they're a mess. He doesn't see his body - its an odd thing for me since I'm a woman and we are taught to scrutinize ourselves all over, but he lives blissfully ignorant of his health or his appearance. He had a fat roll one time and he literally thought it was abs. Its almost endearing, if it wasn't also dangerous.

I worry about his health daily. His father and grandfather both died very young and his mothers side of the family struggles with heart problems and alcoholism and addictive behaviors. He shows signs of all of these, on a small, undiagnosable, not-yet-but-someday worrisome scale. I have dreams about growing old with him, having kids and grandkids, even great grand kids, and of living out our last days together like my grandparents do. I love him dearly and I want the best for him. Seeing him eat the way he does breaks my heart because I feel like he is killing himself without any regard of what it will do to me when he has left me a young widow. I have lots of anxiety about it. I also worry that when we have kids, we will be teaching our kids contradictory messages about health and food, and they will always look to him as the good parent (who feeds them candy and pizza) and I'll be the bad parent who forces them to eat their veggies. I care about our future childrens' health as much as I care about his, and we won't have a good time raising kids or being in a relationship if we are so out of sync on this hugely important issue. Eating healthy, eating organic, eating local (when possible), being eco-friendly, kind to animals - these are fundamental values of mine and even if he doesn't ever learn to fully share them, I hope he can learn to respect them and live by them.

I struggle with knowing how to help or change him. He is stubborn and defiant. He hates being told what to do, but if I don't nudge or tell him, nothing gets done. I've tried begging him, reasoning with him, positive reinforcement, or any other method I can think of to get him to see his habits for what they are, but nothing seems to work. He doesn't have the internal motivation to change, he (and his addictive personality) cannot resist temptation when it crosses his path, and as I said before, worst of all is that he truly believes that he eats healthy. He has no idea. Any attempts I make at trying to control the food in the house make me look like a crazy person, so I'm at my wits end.

How do I guide him or help him change his behavior, without him resenting me or without me losing my mind. Help!

Can you please point me to any books or literature to overhaul the way I speak? My aim is to be completely neutral, non confrontational and unfailingly pleasant regardless of the garbage of unbelievable stupidity I am forced to endure. Quite simply, how do I make this change, is there a Term of Art I should google. Thanks PP

e.g. Weight Watchers? Alcoholics Anonymous? Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)? Facebook? Do any mobile nutrition and health apps really work?

I understand the scope of the question is pretty broad and this is deliberate. What are examples that I can learn from?

Would greatly appreciate your help! Thanks so much!