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"I&amp;#x27;m always interested in findings about what might push some of us to overeat while others seem to be able to naturally balance out how much they take in. A new study points to the amygdala, a part of the brain that is associated with emotions and moods, as playing some sort of role in how satisfied or full we feel. Healthy-weight people in the study had much more activity in the amygdala when their stomachs were full than overweight people did. Could it be that part of the pathway is just stunted in some people? Until science figures it out, diet and exercise (and a support group) seems to be working fine for me--but it brings up an interesting question: Just how much of being &amp;amp;quot;fat&amp;amp;quot; is up to the individual? Are some of us doomed by biology to be overweight--or to have the tendency to become overweight? &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href =&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://www.polldaddy.com&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;online survey&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; - &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href =&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://www.polldaddy.com/p/251268/&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Take Our Poll&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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