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junk food addiction may be clue to obesity.

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Junk food addiction may be clue to obesity: study


JoAnne Allen
WASHINGTON
Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:38pm EDT
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Chocolate bars are pictured in the employees' supermarket at the Nestle headquarters in Vevey February 19, 2009. 

Credit: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bingeing on high-calorie foods may be as addictive as cocaine or nicotine, and could cause compulsive eating and obesity, according to a study published on Sunday.

U.S.  |  Health

The findings in a study of animals cannot be directly applied to human obesity, but may help in understanding the condition and in developing therapies to treat it, researchers wrote in the journal "Nature Neuroscience."

The study, involving rats, found that overconsumption of high-calorie food can trigger addiction-like responses in the brain and that high-calorie food can turn rats into compulsive eaters in a laboratory setting, the article said.

The scientists also found decreased levels of a
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