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Mark Waghorn & Will Maule & Aaron Morris

Eating junk food like burgers and chocolate 'makes us fat by delaying digestion'

Chowing down on the likes of burgers, sausage rolls and sweet treats makes us pile on the podge by delaying digestion, new research has revealed.

Scientists stateside at the Penn State University found that junk food rewires the brain, in-turn reducing our ability to regulate appetite.

They also added that bombshell breakthrough could open the door to an anti-obesity pill, which works by targeting neurons.

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