Insulin, by acting on a section of the brain, caused by the loss of the feeling of satiety, and therefore were able to cause the person to be obese.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Germany, played a major role in setting the body's sugar balance and insulin, the hormone secreted by the pancreas gland is the brain's hunger center is located stultification ventromedial hypothalamus region was affected.

Scientists have lost the feeling of satiety to the non-conduction between nerves in this region, energy consumption decreases, so excessive weight gain and obesity is easier said.

"Nature neurosciences, " published in the journal, scientists who signed the study left some mice lacking insulin recipients.
Two groups of mice were fed normal weight has not. However, rats fed fat-rich foods, non-şişmanlamadı brain insulin receptors. Insulin recipients and those who had opened the appetite and gained weight.

Tim Klöckner researchers, highlighting the results does not mean that we develop new treatment methods for obesity, "Goals for the hunger and satiety, the feeling of the moment is to understand how that occurred, " he said.

Article on the topic, the French "Le Nouvel Observateur" magazine's internet site are also included.