Fructose metabolism by the brain increases food intake and obesity

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 07:35 in Health & Medicine

The journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (BBRC), published by Elsevier, will publish an important review this week online, by M. Daniel Lane and colleagues at Johns Hopkins, building on the suggested link between the consumption of fructose and increased food intake, which may contribute to a high incidence of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

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