Why midnight snacking is addictive

If that midnight snack is a hard habit to break, you may have trained your brain to expect it. Eating at odd times causes "clock" genes in mice, which were thought to respond only to light, to adjust to the new schedule. The finding could help explain eating disorders in obese people, some of whom eat at unusual times.

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