How your brain tricks you into eating more the fatter you get
Binge Eating Disorder involves eating large portions of food until the person feels uncomfortably full. Stock image
Overweight people’s brains tell them to eat more and that they aren’t full the heavier they get, a new study suggests.
Analysis of brain scans revealed the hypothalamus, a key organ in the brain, is bigger in overweight people and it is thought the larger it is the more a person feels hungry.
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