Obesity Predisposition Traced To The Brain's Reward System

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 22:21 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 mid-brain dopamine systems that are in place early in postnatal life.

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