Sufferers of persistent pain have increased risk for many other health problems, including
obesity. The mechanisms have not been well understood, however. In this issue, Geha et al …

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) and obesity are interrelated, but the physiological
mechanisms linking the 2 conditions remain to be determined. Functional brain imaging …

Chronic pain is associated with anhedonia and decreased motivation. These behavioral
alterations have been linked to alterations in the limbic brain and could explain the …

Objectives Chronic pain and obesity are major public health concerns. Animal and human
models have demonstrated that eating high-sugar nutrient-dense foods confers analgesic …

Hunger and pain are basic drives that compete for a behavioral response when experienced
together. To investigate the cortical processes underlying hunger-pain interactions, we …

Background Although chronic pain and obesity are global health crises with substantial
healthcare costs, little is known about the relationship between pain perception and eating …

Sweet tasting foods have been found to have an analgesic effect. Therefore people might
consume more sweet-tasting food when they feel pain. In Study 1, participants were …

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In this issue of PAIN®, Letzen and Robinson6 importantly extend our knowledge of mood's
influence on resting state functional connectivity (ie, correlated oscillatory activity among …

Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including
diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. Obesity rates are on the rise worldwide with …