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Role of Brain in Obesity
Although obesity typically results simply from excessive energy intake, it is currently unclear why some people are prone to overeating and gaining weight.
Because the central nervous system is intimately involved in processing of hunger signals and controlling food intake, it is assumed that the cause of weight gain and obesity might be in the brain.
The participants were morbidly obese individuals and lean, healthy controls. Their brain glucose metabolism was measured with positron emission tomography during conditions in which the body was satiated in terms of insulin signalling.
Brain responses to pictures of foods were measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging.
The results revealed that in obese versus lean individuals, brain glucose metabolism was significantly higher in the brain's striatal regions, which are involved in processing of rewards.
Moreover, obese individual's reward system responded more vigorously to food pictures, whereas responses in the frontal cortical regions involved in cognitive control were dampened.
"The results suggest that obese individuals' brains might constantly generate signals that promote eating even when the body would not require additional energy uptake," said Adjunct Professor Lauri Nummenmaa from the University of Turku.
"The results highlight the role of the brain in obesity and weight gaining. The results have major implications on the current models of obesity, but also on development of pharmacological and psychological treatments of obesity," Nummenmaa added.
The results were published recently in scientific journal PLoS ONE.
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