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Scientists are discovering that fast foods can trigger hormonal changes in the body that make them hard to resist. Fatty foods may activate the brain's dopamine dopamine (dōp`əmēn), one of the intermediate substances in the biosynthesis of epinephrine and norepinephrine. See catecholamine.
dopamine

One of the catecholamines, widely distributed in the central nervous system.
 system--similar to the effects of an addictive drug. Over time, as the body weight increases, people become resistant to the effects of the hormone leptin Leptin
A protein hormone that affects feeding behavior and hunger in humans. At present it is thought that obesity in humans may result in part from insensitivity to leptin.
, which is linked to weight and appetite. (FYI "For your information." See digispeak.

FYI - For Your Information
: A typical school lunch has 50 percent more fat grams than a typical bag lunch brought from home.)

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