Junk Food Promotes Hunger and Overeating

These foods override your intrinsic regulators and stimulate such a strong reward response in your brain it becomes almost impossible not to overeat.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• While the food industry has become notorious for funding anti-obesity programs that focus on physical activity, research clearly shows that processed foods, sugary beverages and high-carbohydrate diets are a primary concern

• Processed vegetable oils, which are a staple ingredient in processed foods, also promote obesity and ill health. So…