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Women Hard-Wired to Eat More

Brain scans reveal that men may be better able to resist food

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 20, 2009 7:26 AM CST

(Newser) – Women may be hard-wired to overeat, according to a new study of why men diet more successfully than women. A little-understood mechanism in the brain appears to give women less self control when it comes to dieting. Researchers speculate that women have evolved to crave... Read full story »

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Brain scans reveal that men may be better able to resist food

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