Do you eat to live or do you live to eat? Hunger-driven eating is necessary for survival, but eating for pleasure may accelerate the onset of obesity and health risks. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine say ideal eating habits would find a balance between the two. Their study may have discovered a way to do just that. They wrote in the journal Nature Metabolisms that certain sectors in the brain promote hunger-driven eating and suppress pleasure eating. The study in laboratory animals discovered certain neurons activate regions of the brain that inhibit consumption of high-fat, high-sugar foods—suggesting that when these regions are impaired, risk of obesity increases. Further research into this effect will look at possible treatment for obesity in humans.