July 2/Ithaca, N.Y./The Ithaca Journal -- After going without food for 18 hours, most people would rather reach for French fries or chicken fingers than green beans or carrots, according to a new study from Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab.
The study, published June 25 in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, found that 75% of participants placed on an 18-hour fast started their next meal with a starch or a protein rather than a vegetable, compared with 44% of non-fasting participants.