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Junk Food as Addictive as Heroin - Rats Say

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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.

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Junk food as 'addictive as drugs'

Eating junk food can be addictive

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JUNK FOOD 'AS BAD AS HEROIN'

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Junk food junkies

Chowing down on junk food makes rats act like heroin addicts.

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