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Our sense of taste helps pace our eating – understanding how may lead to new avenues for weight loss

  • Written by Zachary Knight, Professor of Physiology, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco
imageA team of scientists uncovers a logic the brainstem uses to control how fast and how much we eat.Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images

As a scientist who investigates hunger and weight control, I’m interested in the way our brains let us know we’ve had enough.

As we begin to feel full, we slow down how quickly we eat. For decades, scientists have...

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