Childhood Junk Food Rewires Appetite Center, Gut Bacteria Offer Reset
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In a mouse study, early-life exposure to a high-fat, high-sugar diet permanently shifts hypothalamic appetite pathways and adult feeding behavior even after weight normalizes; however, interventions targeting the gut microbiome—probiotic Bifidobacterium longum APC1472 or prebiotic fibers FOS/GOS—can restore brain–gut signaling and mitigate these long-term effects, with some sex-specific vulnerabilities observed.
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