In recent decades, obesity has extensively emerged to the level of pandemics. It's
significantly associated with serious co-morbidities that could decrease life quality and even …

Abstract In May 2014, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) stated its intent to “require
applicants to consider sex as a biological variable (SABV) in the design and analysis of NIH …

We found that development of obesity was coupled with emergence of a progressively
worsening deficit in neural reward responses. Similar changes in reward homeostasis …

In recent years significant progress has been made delineating the psychological
components of reward and their underlying neural mechanisms. Here we briefly highlight …

What we eat, when and how much, all are influenced by brain reward mechanisms that
generate “liking” and “wanting” for foods. As a corollary, dysfunction in reward circuits might …

What brain reward systems mediate motivational 'wanting'and hedonic 'liking'for food
rewards? And what roles do those systems play in eating disorders? This article surveys …

The global obesity epidemic has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality. However, the
medical treatment of obesity is limited. Gastric bypass is an effective surgical treatment but …

The “style of life is the unique way in which individuals try to realize their fictional final goal
and meet or avoid the three main tasks of life: work, community, love”(Alfred Adler, founder …

One of the many functional benefits of dietary fibre when present in the human diet is its
ability to reduce the rate of absorption of glucose after consumption of high glycaemic …

Studying communication between the gut and the brain is as relevant and exciting as it has
been since Pavlov's discoveries a century ago. Although the efferent limb of this …