Eating For Hunger Or Pleasure? Regulating Feeding Behaviors Involves Different Brain Circuits
Eating For Hunger Or Pleasure? Regulating Feeding Behaviors Involves Different Brain Circuits
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WASHINGTON — Overeating, whether it is guided by hunger or pleasure, typically leads to obesity, which affects about 42 percent of the adults in the United States, as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Looking to contribute to the development of effective treatments for obesity, an international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine investigated in an animal model how the brain regulates feeding triggered by hunger or other factors.