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This post is in response to Know When to Walk Away By Susan K Perry Ph.D. Consistently choosing immediate reward over delayed gratification is one of compulsive overeaters’ fundamental challenges.

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A new study has found that U.S children are more likely to delay gratification in opening a gift than in waiting to eat, while the opposite was true with children growing up in Japanese culture.