Does sugar addiction really cause obesity?

Frontiers in Neuroenergetics

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Peters, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADDICTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; SUGAR ADDICTION;

EID: 84861901921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnene.2011.00011     Document Type: Note

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