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Overeating by obese people is like drug addiction
The desire to overeat in obese people is controlled by the same part of the brain that controls cravings for drugs in addicts, according to research. Scientists have found that compulsive eating is regulated by the emotional centres in the brain, leading some people to overeat in an attempt to feel better. Their results were published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”This study opens new territory in understanding how the body and brain connect to each other, and how this connection is tied to obesity,” said Gene-Jack Wang of the Center for Translational Neuroimaging at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York. “We were able to simulate the process that takes place when the stomach is full, and for the first time we could see the pathway from the stomach to the brain that turns ‘off’ the brain’s desire to continue eating.”
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1886018,00.html