Hunger and hormones determine food's appeal
Friday, November 25, 2011 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Its been said that there are two kinds of eating: eating to survive, or satisfy hunger, and eating for pleasure. The pathways in the brain that control each urge have been studied independently. But now, research by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Jeffrey M. Friedman of Rockefeller University provides evidence that the two pathways are closely intertwined.