Don't like food? You might eat more of it.

Check out this interesting piece that challenges what I would assume: that people who like food might, you know, eat a lot of it. In fact, some overeating behaviors that can lead to obesity may have to do with the opposite:

For most of us, eating is a feel-good activity. But for some of us, it just doesn’t feel good enough.

And, according to a new study by a research team based in Eugene, people whose brains don’t generate as much of that feel-good reaction to food will overeat to get it, setting off changes that tempt them to overeat even more and increase their risk of obesity. Read more...

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