New "findings"

I saw on the news tonight that overeating is an addiction. I have just one word to say concerning that. DUH!!! Sometimes science is so stupid. I guess it's nice that now they can pinpoint the specific part of the brain that controls satiety and that they know it's the same area as the part of the brain that is active in drug addicts, but I didn't need a scientific study to tell me that eating can be "addictive." I do hope that now the medical and health promotion communities will look at obesity differently. Instead of preaching will power and diets they need to address the addiction. I cannot imagine the pain severely obese people feel in trying to overcome overeating. Drug addicts can stop using drugs, but people have to eat, and trying to manage an addiction while still partaking of the addictive substance is extremely difficult. Maybe science will now contribute more productive findings to this nationwide epidemic. (And help me learn how overcome my cravings for a bowl of cereal when I am feeling stressed or tired).