by Svein Inge Meland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Researcher Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes reflects on the health system offering morbidly obese pasients lifestyle changes, but in reality what is needed is a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment that combines mental health care and somatics. Credit: Colourbox The current advice and treatment given to patients with obesity...
WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – April 23, 2019 – Eat as much as you want and not gain weight? Sounds too good to be true. But in a study published in the April 23 issue of the journal Obesity, scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine found that nonhuman primates on a Mediterranean...
By Catharine Paddock PhD Fact checked by Jasmin Collier The brain has complex circuitry that locks appetite to memories of finding and enjoying food. This drives the feeding behaviors necessary for survival. New research reveals that the circuits include one mechanism that does the opposite: curbing the compulsion to eat in response to food. Once, scientists...
