Obesity Predisposition Traced to the Brain's Reward System
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 08:21
in Psychology & Sociology
New research links overeating and obesity with the brain system implicated in pleasure and addictive behaviors strengthening the argument that obesity could be approached as an addictive disorder. This is the first study to demonstrate that obesity predisposition is associated with impairments in all midbrain dopamine systems that are in place early in postnatal life.
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