Fatty foods disrupt brain's way of calorie control

Several days of a junk food diet could lower the activity of a certain type of nerve cell that helps regulate calorie intake. — AFP

A new study in the Journal of Physiology suggests that junk food reduces the brain’s ability to regulate caloric intake by altering neurological pathways, and subsequently disrupting appetite in the long term, which could lead to overeating and weight gain.

Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine in the United States arrived at this conclusion after conducting research that subjected rats to a high-fat, high-calorie diet for 14 days.