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Of the lab rats with oreos are cute, but they could have used any high fat or high-sugar food, and this caught their attention. and our go-to guy when it comes to eating addictions, what did you think of the study? >> well, i thought it was providing good evidence. >> i want to talk specifically about that, but first of all, these were rats. what about in humans? you have done research in that particular area. >> yeah, and a lot of other people administered food in the brain scanners and palable foods activate the reward centers the same way drugs of abuse, and the rats have -- there's a very ...

Pictures of these lab rats with oreos are pretty darn cute but the researchers could have used any high-fat or high-sugar food and obviously a lot of people it caught their attention. we've got our go-to guy with food and eating addiction. i spent time in your lab going through your scanner myself. what did you think of the study? >> well, i thought it was -- provided very good evidence that the palatable foods, high-fat, high-sugar foods have a parallel that drugs of abuse do. >> that's amazing and i want to talk specifically about that. first of all, these were rats, what about in humans? yo...