Why being full makes you want to eat MORE: Scientists show we are conditioned to think that cleaning our plates will bring rewards – including sweet treats

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Cleaning your plate and stuffing your stomach this Thanksgiving may just make you hungry for seconds, and a new study explains why.   

Researchers from the University of Vermont found that if fullness becomes associated with getting food, we may feel hunger even when we don’t physically need food.

So all those times your mother told you to clean your plate if you wanted dessert may have built a bad mental habit: the more I eat, the more tasty foods I can get. 

They also found that responses to hunger or fullness were learned more quickly than other cues, making the bad habit of eating after you’re full even harder to break. 

According to the study, this psychological conditioning helps to explain why we may go back to over-eating, even after a successful and effective diet.

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