Hungry people pay more attention to junk food than healthy food

When hunger strikes, Ring Dings and pizza earn your attention far more than apples and wheatgrass, science says.

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HEADING TO THE grocery store for your weekly food run is never a good idea when you're hungry (or after smoking weed). Sure enough, a bunch of processed crap will inevitably end up in your basket while your belly rumbles and your brain searches for fuel.

But why that phenomenon happens was not well-understood by food scientists, until a new study from Johns Hopkins University tackled the topic. As it turns out, you don't even have to be in the grocery store for the effect to take hold.