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Compulsive overeating and sugar addiction are major threats to human health, but potential treatments face the risk of impairing normal feeding behaviors that are crucial for survival. A study [...]

Being overweight or obese usually isn’t really about the body – it’s about the brain. Overeating and compulsive eating are often about how the brain resorts back to ancient eating habits that are [...]

Nerve cells that control overeating are distinct from those active in normal feeding, study shows manipulating specific sets of brain cells can quash a mouse’s overindulgence of sugar. The cells [...]

Scientists have defined neurons responsible for excessive food consumption at an unprecedented level of detail. Two independent research teams have defined populations of neurons in the [...]

Separate neural circuits control sugar cravings and healthy eating, researchers find. Together, obesity and Type 2 diabetes rank among our nation’s greatest health problem, and they largely [...]