Junk Food Diet Causes Rats’ Brain Pleasure Centers To Become Progressively Less Responsive
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 03:28
in Health & Medicine
Brain pleasure centers became progressively less responsive in rats fed a diet of high-fat, high-calorie food, a new study has found. As the changes occurred, the rats developed compulsive overeating habits -- and became obese. The overeating continued even when it meant the rats had to endure an unpleasant consequence (a mild foot shock) in order to consume the food.