Women are more difficult to resist the temptation when they are facing a plate of treats
This is stated in a study by American scientists, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers were asked 23 healthy volunteers and slender to refrain from eating for 17 hours. Then, in front of them put on a plate with their favorite foods and asked to suppress the feeling of hunger by thinking about something else.
Dr. Gene-Jack Wang, who led the research Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, followed the work of their brains using positron emission tomography.
He concluded that an attempt to suppress hunger for men a brain region responsible for this feeling, becomes less active, while women did not change brain function, transmit medicinews.ru.
"Reducing the restraining control in women, probably accounts for the fact that they achieve less success trying to lose weight through diet, compared with men," - said Wang.
This is stated in a study by American scientists, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers were asked 23 healthy volunteers and slender to refrain from eating for 17 hours. Then, in front of them put on a plate with their favorite foods and asked to suppress the feeling of hunger by thinking about something else.
Dr. Gene-Jack Wang, who led the research Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, followed the work of their brains using positron emission tomography.
He concluded that an attempt to suppress hunger for men a brain region responsible for this feeling, becomes less active, while women did not change brain function, transmit medicinews.ru.
"Reducing the restraining control in women, probably accounts for the fact that they achieve less success trying to lose weight through diet, compared with men," - said Wang.
