Obesity and other eating disorders are marked by dysregulations to brain metabolic,
hedonic, motivational, and sensory systems that control food intake. Classic approaches in …

With the rising prevalence of obesity, hedonic eating has become an important theme in
obesity research. Hedonic eating is thought to be that driven by the reward of food …

The control of food intake and energy metabolism depends on the interaction among energy
homeostasis, emotional factors (including the hedonic aspects of food), and environmental …

Publisher Summary In recent decades, obesity, bulimia, anorexia, and related eating
disorders have increased, leading to concern. Sweetness and other food tastes are merely …

Understanding the neurobiological controls of feeding behavior is critical in light of the
growing obesity pandemic, a phenomenon largely based on excessive caloric consumption …

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 brain plays a key role in the controls of energy intake and expenditure, and many genes
associated with obesity are expressed in the central nervous system. Technological and …

What we eat, when and how much, all are influenced by brain reward mechanisms that
generate “liking” and “wanting” for foods. As a corollary, dysfunction in reward circuits might …

It is becoming clearer how neurobiological mechanisms generate 'liking'and
'wanting'components of food reward. Mesocorticolimbic mechanisms that enhance …

Here we review the emerging neurobiological understanding of the role of the brain's reward
system in the regulation of body weight in health and in disease. Common obesity is …