Tag: Food
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What really controls our appetite – hunger, stress or habit? | Health & wellbeing | The Guardian
Hunger is regulated by the hypothalamus, which sits behind the bridge of the nose, at the base of the brain, monitoring your body’s levels of blood sugar and the hormones leptin and ghrelin to check whether you’re in an energy deficit. Fullness is regulated by the hindbrain, located roughly where your skull meets your neck:…