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by Robert C. Ritter
Are there physiological signals that control the size of meals? And if so, could disturbances of the signaling mechanisms contribute to overeating? These questions are integrally related to the health of Western society, where calorically rich food sources are almost always readily available, and where there is no metabolic cost attached to obtaining the next meal.
Shown above: Bad Manners, Marilyn Lysohir, 1983. Clay and wood.
Photograph by Rick Semple.
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