EU Obesity Research Explores Food-Gut-Brain Mechanisms

There has been a huge increase in the amount and variety of inexpensive food available to the average consumer in developed countries over the past 70 years. On the face of it, this appears to be good news and indeed was a situation that could only have been dreamed of in Europe after years of rationing during and after World War II. However, there have been some unintended consequences of this food boom, and the food and drink industry may now be perceived as a victim of its own success.

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