Follow your gut

(Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown) We may try to consciously make good food choices, but our bodies have their own way of weighing in. A new study reveals a learning mechanism orchestrated by the digestive and nervous systems that leads animals to actively seek out certain foods. These results are a step towards understanding how eating-related disorders, such as obesity, occur.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news