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Obesity has limited behavioural overlap with addiction and psychiatric phenotypes.
Nature human behaviour - 1 Jan 2020
Vainik Uku, Misic Bratislav, Zeighami Yashar, Michaud Andréanne, Mõttus Rene, Dagher Alain
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a widespread health condition1, likely to be driven by the increased availability of inexpensive high-calorie food2. People vary greatly in their behavioural response to food. Such variation is likely to be driven by behavioural styles3,4, as behaviour accounts for overall food intake5. A prominent hypothesis is that people with obesity respond to rewards similarly to people with addictions such as...
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