Brain “Button”
\ TIXY "button” at the base of the brain probably determines whether a person is destined to be fat or thin, according to the researches of two German physiologists. Professors \V. Grunthal and E. Grafe, of Rostock University. . This is the controlling centre of the body's “basal metabolism”, which is realiv the rate at which an individual expends energy. A thin, nervous person consumes enormous amounts of energy, burning up his food at a terrific rate, while a stout person stores it up in the form of fat. The German scientists conclude that the tinv- brain nucleus apparently is not subject to voluntary control, and hence, if this theory is correct, the ability to regulate weight by the mere exercise of "will power is out of the question.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19258, 20 December 1930, Page 17 (Supplement)
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129Brain “Button” Star (Christchurch), Issue 19258, 20 December 1930, Page 17 (Supplement)
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