Finding a treatment for binge eating with rats and frosting

Two strains of rats, cans of vanilla frosting and a theory have helped MSU professor of psychology Kelly Klump take one step closer to finding the genetic causes, and eventually a treatment, for binge eating.In her latest research, Klump decided to use rats to help identify different biological and genetic factors that contribute to binge eating."Based upon our previous research, we know that binge eating is influenced by genes, but we have been unable to identify in humans which genes contribute to binge eating.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eating Disorders Source Type: news