Choc dietgestive

Biscuit helps people feel full to fight treat cravings

- MARTIN BAGOT

SCIENTISTS have invented a chocolate biscuit which could help weight loss by stopping us binge-eating treats.

Experts who designed the new biscuit say antioxidants in cocoa-rich dark chocolate may help make you feel full sooner and stop over-eating.

People reported feeling more full after eating the dark chocolate biscuit with an added compound from the Artemisia absinthium plant - commonly known as wormwood.

Study author Dr Flavia Prodam said: "This is an important thing to target because we need to educate people to eat less but there is a lot of failure. The emotional part of eating is important in obesity.