Addiction to unhealthy foods could help explain the global obesity epidemic, research suggests

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 12:20 in Health & Medicine

New research shows that high-fructose corn syrup can cause behavioral reactions in rats similar to those produced by drugs of abuse such as cocaine. These results suggest food addiction could explain, at least partly, the current global obesity epidemic.

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