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May 16, 2013
Daily Me
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A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, looks at the relationship between fluctuations in body weight and personality traits. FSU College of Medicine researcher Angelina Sutin, Ph.D. and her colleagues at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) discovered people who gain weight are more likely to give in to temptations but also are more thoughtful about their actions.

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May 22, 2013
Tallahassee Democrat
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Dr. Angelina Sutin, an assistant professor at Florida State University’s College of Medicine, and her colleagues with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently examined data from a decade-long survey of Baltimore residents and found people from the survey who showed at least a 10 percent increase in weight also showed an increase in impulsiveness and a greater tendency to give into temptation.