Obesity is a complex, chronic disease and global public health challenge. Characterized by
excessive fat accumulation in the body, obesity sharply increases the risk of several …

The goal of this review is to summarize studies in which concentrations of circulating
endocannabinoids in humans have been examined in relationship to physiological …

Decades of research have reported only weak associations between the intakes of specific
foods or drinks and weight gain and obesity. Randomized controlled dietary intervention …

Drug addiction and obesity appear to share several properties. Both can be defined as
disorders in which the saliency of a specific type of reward (food or drug) becomes …

The ability to resist the urge to eat requires the proper functioning of neuronal circuits
involved in top-down control to oppose the conditioned responses that predict reward from …

Because leptin reduces food intake and body weight, the coexistence of elevated leptin
levels with obesity is widely interpreted as evidence of 'leptin resistance.'Indeed, obesity …

Obesity and mood disorders are highly prevalent and co-morbid. Epidemiological studies
have highlighted the public health relevance of this association, insofar as both conditions …

An increasing number of people report concerns about the amount of stress in their life. At
the same time obesity is an escalating health problem worldwide. Evidence is accumulating …

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 …

Both drug addiction and obesity can be defined as disorders in which the saliency value of
one type of reward (drugs and food, respectively) becomes abnormally enhanced relative to …