Body fat mass increases when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure. In the long term,
a positive energy balance will result in obesity. The worldwide prevalence of obesity has …

Obesity presents a major health hazard of the 21st century. It promotes co-morbid diseases
such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and …

Background and Objectives Obesity is emerging as the most significant health concern of
the twenty-first century. A wealth of neuroimaging data suggest that weight gain might be …

The dysregulation of food intake in chronic obesity has been explained by different theories.
To assess their explanatory power, we meta-analyzed 22 brain-activation imaging studies …

Similarities and differences between obesity and addiction are a prominent topic of ongoing
research. We conducted an activation likelihood estimation meta‐analysis on 87 studies in …

We propose that a core eating network and its modulations account for much of what is
currently known about the neural activity underlying a wide range of eating phenomena in …

Obesity has a major impact on metabolic health thereby negatively affecting brain function
and structure, however mechanisms involved are not entirely understood. The increasing …

Background Food in general, and fatty foods in particular, have obtained intrinsic reward
value throughout evolution. This reward value results from an interaction between …

Bariatric surgery leads to significant long-term weight loss, particularly Roux-en-Y gastric
bypass (RYGB). The mechanisms underlying weight loss have not been fully uncovered …

Obesity constitutes a major global health threat. Despite the success of bariatric surgery in
delivering sustainable weight loss and improvement in obesity-related morbidity, effective …