Finn was a senior staff writer for Arts &amp; Entertainment and PRIME. She was previously the Lifestyle editor from 2021-2022, an Arts reporter from 2020-2021 and a member of PRIME’s first intern class from 2019-2020. She was a fourth-year neuroscience and public health student from San Francisco, California.

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Food has become more than just fuel – alongside nourishing our bodies, it taps into our emotions and can infiltrate our minds. In a country known for its freedom, columnist Zinnia Finn will explore the extent to which American culture is tethered to food and the depths to which we each experience this relationship in everyday life.

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Required Taste: Casual comments about diet, weight can influence body perceptions

By Zinnia Finn

Oct. 26, 2020 4:49 p.m.