Hunger Control Is Easier for Men and It?s All in the Brain

div class=field field-type-text field-field-article-desc div class=field-items div class=field-item odd pWomen have more trouble resisting food than equally hungry men. Since women who diet may respond more acutely to food cues, this study shows that avoiding those cues may be helpful in staying on a diet./p /div /div /div pA new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed women have more trouble resisting food than equally hungry men. Dr. Gene-Jack Wang, the lead researcher and a nuclear medicine specialist, used positron emission tomography (PET) scans to observe brain activity in 13 women and 10 men. After not eating for 17-19 hours, the volunteers underwent brain scans while they looked at images of their favorite foods. The researchers even wafted food smells throughout the room and subjects were given a taste of food with a cotton swab placed on their tongue./p div class=field field-type-text field-field-source div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=field-label-inline-first Source:nbsp;/div Toni Brayer, MD /div /div /div

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