The worldwide obesity epidemic continues unabated, adversely impacting upon global
health and economies. People with severe obesity suffer the greatest adverse health …

Low‐level of chronic inflammation activation is characteristic of obesity. Nonalcoholic fatty
liver disease (NAFLD) is closely linked to obesity and is an emerging health problem, it …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review provides an update on the role of gut hormones and
their interactions in the regulation of energy homeostasis, describes gut hormone …

Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, the incidence of non-communicable diseases
(NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, has been increasing worldwide. Changes in …

Obesity has been variously linked to differences in brain functional connectivity in regions
associated with reward, emotional regulation and cognition, potentially revealing neural …

In primates including humans, the orbitofrontal cortex is the key brain region representing
the reward value and subjective pleasantness of the sight, smell, taste and texture of food. At …

Importance Bariatric surgery–induced weight loss is often associated with improved
cognitive function. However, improvement in cognitive function is not always exhibited by all …

This narrative review discusses the origins and development of appetite self-regulation
(ASR) in childhood (from infancy to age 6 or 7 years). The origins, or foundations, are the …

This study aimed to investigate food addiction (FA) and binge-eating disorder (BED) in their
association to executive dysfunctions in adults with obesity. Data on response inhibition …

Objective The hypothalamus is the main integrator of peripheral and central signals in the
control of energy homeostasis. Its functional relevance for the effectivity of bariatric surgery is …