Appetite

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Close-up of glowing neural pathways in the brain, illustrating specific sugar and fat food cravings and their biological control.

How Specific Brain Neurons Control Food Cravings

In the mouse brain, specific neuron populations encode memories for sugar and fat, a discovery explaining why nearly 99% of adults experience powerful food cravings.

Dr. Lena Hanson·August 6, 2026