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March 26, 2012 10:59 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/rZUQje9EZ3c/is-responding-to-food-as-a-rew.html
Is responding to food as a reward the same thing as food addiction?
We've had a couple of posts recently about a hypothesis that links the current increase in obesity with an increase in easy access to foods that are designed to trigger reward systems in the human brain. Basically: Maybe we're getting fatter because our brains are seeking out the recurrent reward of food that makes us [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/rZUQje9EZ3c/is-responding-to-food-as-a-rew.html
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