Route to obesity passes through tongue
Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 06:43
in Health & Medicine
Obesity gradually numbs the taste sensation of rats to sweet foods and drives them to consume larger and ever-sweeter meals, according to neuroscientists. Findings from the Penn State study could uncover a critical link between taste and body weight, and reveal how flab hooks the brain on sugary food...
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