Lack of Sleep Possibly Linked to Desire for Unhealthy Foods
June 10/New York/HealthDay News -- Unhealthy foods, such as sweets and chips, are more appealing to people who have not had enough sleep, new research suggests.
When researchers examined the areas of the brain that were most active when people were looking at healthy or unhealthy foods, they found the reward centers of the brain were activated when sleep-deprived study volunteers saw pictures of unhealthy foods.