This is your brain on snacks -- brain stimulation affects craving and consumption

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Magnetic stimulation of a brain area involved in 'executive function' affects cravings for and consumption of calorie-dense snack foods, reports a study in the September issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.