If you have, at one point or the other, gotten addicted with junk food, then you might want to listen up. A new study from the Scripps Research Institute in Florida found that rats—who were experimented with junk foods—showed an alarming rate of addiction signs when given junk foods.

Published in the Nature Neuroscience, the study—led by Dr. Paul Johnson and Dr. Paul Kenny—found out that:

* The rats were divided into three groups, with each group being given access to normal, healthy rat food
* One group didn’t receive any junk food
* Another group was given limited quantities of junk food
* The third group had unlimited access to junk food

The junk food given was composed of bacon, sausage, cheesecake, pound cake, frosting and chocolate. The scientists found out that the group given unlimited access to junk food has a harder time to appreciate other types of food. The rats refused to eat at all if it’s not junk food.

These research findings, according to health experts, might lead to some groundbreaking study on how to finally combat overeating and obe