Doctors called the unusual factor is overweight

Diet, training in the gym, the diet - is the reason for the extra kilos that stubbornly refuse to go away from the sides and hips no matter what, can not be in them. Argentine scientists from the Academy of Kellogg found a link between obesity, overeating and the nature of man.

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The researchers concluded that people overestimate their ability to abstinence and resistance to temptation - and therefore lose out in the fight against excess weight. Incidentally, in the same number of experts have placed addiction and anger - his ability to control the scope of the majority of people also tend to overstate, say experts.

In their experiments, the Argentine scientists created specifically for volunteers circumstances when it was necessary to resist the temptation. According to their results, experts said that the self-confident people who appreciate their moral resistance to the temptations and tend to blame a weak spirit - just do not able to control their impulses.

"Underestimating the temptations and the revaluation of its own forces leads to the fact that the most self-confident people often fall into the trap of temptations as a result of impulsive behavior," - commented on the paradoxical phenomenon of the experts.

  When such people are in a calm state, without experiencing hunger, anger or excitement, they underestimate the momentum that manifested at the moment of temptation, impact on behavior. During the experiments, volunteers who initially highly evaluated his composure - lit immediately after watching a movie about smoking. In another experiment, people have not abandoned the appetizers, though the objective was full.

Scientists warn that, while condemning the victims of temptation, we must take into account the property of the overestimate their own strength of will. (READ MORE)

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