Researchers from University College Cork in Ireland reared mice on a high-fat, high-sugar diet and monitored their feeding behaviors as they grew into adulthood. While the weights of the mice ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have identified a network of nerve cells that may be responsible for a reduction in feelings of hunger that may be felt as a result of ...

The pleasure we get from eating junk food—the dopamine rush—is often blamed as the cause of overeating and rising obesity rates in our society. But paradoxically, anecdotal evidence suggests that ...