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How a Child’s Junk-Food Diet Rewires the Brain

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24.05.2026

How a Child’s Junk-Food Diet Rewires the Brain

A new study says the ultra-processed food kids love permanently alters the brain’s ability to control appetite. But there’s also a healthy gut response—literally.

BY KEVIN HAYNES, NEWS WRITER

A childhood junk-food diet can have a lifelong effect on how the brain regulates appetite, even if a healthier, more nutritious menu is adopted as an adult, according to a new study from University Cork College in........

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