The neurobiology of overeating. Treating overweight individuals should make use of neuroscience research, but not at the expense of population approaches to diet and lifestyle

EMBO Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 785-790

  Lee, Natalia M ^a   Carter, Adrian ^a   Owen, Neville ^b   Hall, Wayne D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DSM-5; DSM-IV; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FOOD; FOOD ADDICTION; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; DIET; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; LIFE STYLE; NEUROSCIENCES; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84865799003     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2012.115     Document Type: Article

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