This article, that was published on October 28, 2009, talks about a very important experiment that was conducted by scientist Paul Johnson of the Scripps Research Institute. The goal of this experiment was "to try to understand how parts of the brain play a role in obesity". What they found was that the brain chemistry of rats with obesity is similar as the brain chemistry of those addicted to Heroin. What was observed in this experiment was the more food the rats ate the more they wanted to eat. This pattern is very similar to rats addicted to drugs.
My opinion is about this article is that it is very important. I believe that this experiment will someday help the many Americans that suffer from obesity. Maybe one day this experiment will lead to a breakthrough in obesity. Overall, I think that this article is important to read and will really change the lives of humans some day.
To learn more visit this site:
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20091028/Note3.asp
