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Understanding anorexia through neuroscience
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Anorexics have a hyper-awareness of the fat content of foods, which leads them to actively avoid high-fat content and calorie-rich foods, and default towards lower calorie ones. Serotonin tends to quiet down circuits that trigger a sense of satiety, so researchers are studying its effect on anorexics' preferences for nutrient and caloric contents of food.

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