As ultraprocessed foods (ie, foods composed of mostly cheap industrial sources of dietary
energy and nutrients plus additives) have become more abundant in our food supply, rates …

Stress is associated with obesity, and the neurobiology of stress overlaps significantly with
that of appetite and energy regulation. This review will discuss stress, allostasis, the …

Binge eating is characterized by significant imbalance in food intake regulation and is often
comorbid with obesity and depression. Mindfulness-based approaches may reduce …

Context Research has implicated an addictive process in the development and maintenance
of obesity. Although parallels in neural functioning between obesity and substance …

A growing body of researches support a role for dysfunction of serotoninergic,
noradrenergic, and dopaminergic systems in the neurobiological processes involved in …

Impulsivity towards food has been recognized as a potential factor leading to increased food
intake in obesity. Patients suffering from binge eating disorder (BED) form a specific …

Signals of energy homeostasis interact closely with neural circuits of motivation to control
food intake. An emerging hypothesis is that the transition to maladaptive feeding behavior …

The US remains at the forefront of a global obesity epidemic with a significant negative
impact on public health. While it is well known that a balance between energy intake and …

The present review examines the pig as a model for physiological studies in human subjects
related to nutrient sensing, appetite regulation, gut barrier function, intestinal microbiota and …

Context: Obesity has emerged as one of the leading medical challenges of the 21st century.
The resistance of this disorder to effective, long-term treatment can be traced to the fact that …