Brain-Imaging Study May Explain Why Some Overweight People Continue To Eat, Despite Full Stomachs

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have found new clues to why some people overeat and gain weight while others don’t. Examining how the human brain responds to “satiety” messages delivered when the stomach is in various stages of fullness, the scientists have identified brain circuits that motivate the desire to overeat. Treatments that target these circuits may prove useful in controlling chronic overeating, according to the authors.

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Filed under: Medical Devices on January 12th, 2008