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A diet of calorie-rich, high-fat foods may trigger chemical changes that make the body less resistant to the hormone leptin, which influences eating behavior, and to the amino acid protein galanin, which stimulates the desire to eat. As a result of these changes, says Michael Schwartz, an endocrinologist at...

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