Junk food can be addictive

clipped from current.com Junk Food as Addictive as Heroin - Rats Say clipped from dsc.discovery.com Binging Rats Get Hooked on Junk Food Oct. 21, 2009 -- Junk food elicits addictive behavior in rats similar to the behaviors of rats addicted to heroin, a new study finds. Pleasure centers in the brains of rats addicted to high-fat, high-calorie diets became less responsive as the binging wore on, making the rats consume more and more food. The results, presented October 20 at the Society for Neuroscience's annual meeting, may help explain the changes in the brain that lead people to overeat. clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk Junk food as 'addictive as drugs' Eating junk food can be addictive clipped from www.express.co.uk JUNK FOOD 'AS BAD AS HEROIN' clipped from www.mnn.com Junk food junkies Chowing down on junk food makes rats act like heroin addicts. clipped from www.scripps.edu Paul Kenny