Episodic memory as an explanation for the insurance hypothesis in obesity

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 40:e113 (2017)
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In evaluating the insurance hypothesis as an explanation for obesity, we propose one missing piece of the puzzle. Our suggested explanation for why individuals report food insecurity is that an individual may have an impaired episodic ability to plan for the future.

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