Showing posts with label Brain Reaction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brain Reaction. Show all posts

Monday, July 06, 2009

Brain's Reaction To Tasty Food May Predict Weight


Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happiness unless you are overweight. It sounds counter intuitive. But US 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.