Kids' Brain Function May Predict Overeating When food trumps money, kids eat more

Young children who responded positively to food rewards compared with money rewards ate more in a controlled lab environment than those who responded more to money, regardless of their weight, a researcher said here. Among kids where anticipation for food rewards produced a greater response than money rewards, they found that both brain response and body weight predicted 32% of the variance in how much of the test meal the child ate. "The brain's response of food compared to money predicts intake in some children," Adise said at a presentation at Obesity Week. "It might play a role in overeating, but this needs to be evaluated in a longitudinal study." http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ObesityWeek/61215?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-11-04&eun=g721819d0r&pos=1 I guess it is genetically determined which you prefer more, food, sex, money, drugs.