New research from the University of Exeter explains why we enjoy eating so much over the winter holidays and our New Year's weight-loss resolution usually fails.
Humans have evolved to subconsciously over-eat in the winter, when our bodies' desire to maintain fat is even greater when natural food sources are scarce.
http://labroots.com/trending/id/2212/humans-evolved-to-over-eat-in-the-winter/health-and-medicine
Paper: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1822/20152443
Humans have evolved to subconsciously over-eat in the winter, when our bodies' desire to maintain fat is even greater when natural food sources are scarce.
http://labroots.com/trending/id/2212/humans-evolved-to-over-eat-in-the-winter/health-and-medicine
Paper: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1822/20152443