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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 17 > Brain’s reaction to food may predict weight

Brain’s reaction to food may predict weight

By Lauran Neergaard / The Bulletin
October 17, 2008

WASHINGTON — 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....

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