Have you ever found yourself planning out lunch while in the middle of eating your morning bowl of cereal? Or fantasizing about a slice of cheesecake as your boss drones on during an afternoon Zoom ...

The concept of food noise emerged from patients' anecdotal reports, but researchers are now beginning to investigate it seriously.

Many people think about food constantly, even when they're not hungry. That has a name: Food noise. In a recent paper by Dhurandhar and colleagues (2025) of Indiana University, food noise is defined ...

Some days, food feels like the main character in your head. You can be typing a long email, scrolling through reels, or pretending to pay attention in a meeting, and suddenly your brain jumps to ...