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Brain and Other Responses in Hedonic Hunger

The desire to eat is controlled by two different mechanisms, the body’s homeostatic, or energy balance, system and its hedonic, or pleasure, system.¹

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The ultimate goal is to convert small changes into lasting habits. Habits strongly influence eating behavior and help people make decisions about food. Once an eating behavior becomes a habit, food choices can be virtually automatic.

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