Thinness Vs. Obesity Not Directly Linked To Eating Habits, Study Suggests
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - 16:14
in Biology & Nature
Whether you are fat or thin isn't directly determined by your eating habits, suggest researchers who report new findings made in worms. While both feeding and fat in worms depends on serotonin levels in the nervous system, they found evidence that the nerve messenger acts through independent channels to control whether you eat versus what to do with those calories once you've eaten them.