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Losing weight and keeping it off involves more than willpower
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Losing weight and keeping it off involves more than willpower

By Bronwyn Thompson June 12, 2023 Your brain chemistry may be making it that much harder to lose weight Depositphotos Nearly 42% of adults across the US have obesity, according to the most recent reporting from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And while size and poor health outcomes aren’t always connected, adults with...

Keeping weight off is up to your brain, not just willpower, researchers discover
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Keeping weight off is up to your brain, not just willpower, researchers discover

by  American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev What if an MRI scan could determine whether a weight loss program was likely to be effective? Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have discovered a neural subnetwork of connected regions between the brain and gastric basal electric frequency that correlates with future weight loss based on connectivity patterns....