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Milkshake study reveals brain's role in obesity (Reuters)<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081016/hl_nm/us_obesity_brain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081016/2008_10_16t165146_450x293_us_obesity_brain.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=g8TIS7.Hz1exEPN3MPX2SA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" ></a>Reuters - A study involving chocolate milkshakes is helping scientists get a better understanding of how the brain influences obesity, with genes playing a role, too.</p><br clear="all"/> Brain's reaction to yummy food may predict weight (AP)AP - Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happy — unless you're overweight. It sounds counterintuitive. But scientists who watched young women savor milkshakes inside a brain scanner concluded that when the brain doesn't sense enough gratification from food, people may overeat to compensate. Obesity caused by deficit of brain 'pleasure centers': study (AFP)<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081016/hl_afp/healthobesityus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081016/capt.cps.nxp54.161008215751.photo00.photo.default-308x512.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=NqyXtAPLi3aI71jxKjQ2.w--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="An obese woman walks in a street in Caen, western France. Obese people may have a diminished ability to experience the pleasure of eating, prompting them to overindulge to boost their satisfaction, according to a study released Thursday.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)" border="0" ></a>AFP - Obese people may have a diminished ability to experience the pleasure of eating, prompting them to overindulge to boost their satisfaction, according to a study released Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> More Recent Articles |
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