Don’t look at dessert! Our brain has its own ‘calorie counter’ that kicks in when we look at a menu, researchers find

Brain works out the calorific density of each dish

Could help explain why many people choose high calories foods

By

Mark Prigg for MailOnline

Published:

15:00 EST, 20 October 2014

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Updated:

15:17 EST, 20 October 2014

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Don’t look at dessert! Our brain has its own ‘calorie counter’ that kicks in when we look at a menu, researchers find