Route To Obesity Passes Through Tongue
Friday, November 28, 2008 - 12:28
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. New findings could uncover a critical link between taste and body weight, and reveal how flab hooks the brain on sugary food.
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