
New light has been shed on why you, your friends, neighbors and most everyone you know tend to snack at night: some areas of the brain don’t get the same ‘food high’ in the evening. The study also reports that participants were subjectively more preoccupied with food at night even though their hunger and «fullness» levels were similar to other times of the day.
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