Study identifies neural activity linked to food addiction

Monday, April 4, 2011 - 16:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Persons with an addictive-like eating behavior appear to have greater neural activity in certain regions of the brain similar to substance dependence, including elevated activation in reward circuitry in response to food cues, according to a new study.

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