Obesity has tripled over the past 40 years to become a major public health issue, as it is
linked with increased mortality and elevated risk for various physical and neuropsychiatric …

Obesity is a growing public health problem in the United States, particularly in middle-aged
and older adults. Although the key factors leading to a population increase in body weight …

Background Obesity is highly prevalent in schizophrenia, with implications for psychiatric
prognosis, possibly through links between obesity and brain structure. In this longitudinal …

Introduction Obesity and dyslipidemia may negatively affect brain health and are frequent
medical comorbidities of schizophrenia and related disorders. Despite the high burden of …

Cognitive deficits are a core feature across psychiatric disorders. Emerging evidence
indicates that metabolic pathways are highly relevant for the substrates and phenomenology …

Background: While obesity has been shown to be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, the
potential mechanisms underlying this risk may be clarified with better understanding of …

Increased fMRI food cue reactivity in obesity, ie higher responses to high-vs. low-calorie
food images, is a promising marker of the dysregulated brain reward system underlying …

Neural models of obesity vary in their focus upon prefrontal and striatal differences. Animal
and human studies suggest that differential functioning of the orbitofrontal cortex is …

Abstract Purpose of Review To summarize the results of adult obesity neuroimaging studies
(structural, resting-state, task-based, diffusion tensor imaging) published from 2010, with a …

This chapter explores the complex relationship between the brain and body weight
regulation, focusing on the disruptive impact of obesity. The brain, specifically the …