Obese children's brains more responsive to sugar
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
The brains of obese children literally light up differently when tasting sugar, a new study has found. This elevated sense of "food reward" -- which involves being motivated by food and deriving a good feeling from it -- could mean some children have brain circuitries that predispose them to crave more sugar throughout life, researchers say.