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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Eating Too Fast May Create Urge to Overeat

A study that was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found that eating a meal quickly curtails the release of hormones in the gut area that induce feelings of being full. When such hormones are decreased, people tend to overeat.

Dr. Alexander Kokkinos of the Laiko General Hospital in Greece had study participants eat the same amount of ice cream at different rates, and then took blood samples to measure their hormones. The participants who took the full half-hour to eat their ice cream had higher levels of certain hormones and tended to feel fuller than those who ate quickly.

"The warning we were given as children that 'wolfing down your food will make you fat' may in fact have a physiological explanation," said Dr. Kokkinos.

Labels: overeating, eating-habits

Posted By: Aspen/CRC