Uncontrolled eating: a unifying heritable trait linked with obesity, overeating, personality and the brain

U Vainik, I García‐García… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many eating‐related psychological constructs have been proposed to explain obesity and
overeating. However, these constructs, including food addiction, disinhibition, hedonic …

Impulsivity and body fat accumulation are linked to cortical and subcortical brain volumes among adolescents and adults

N Kakoschke, V Lorenzetti, K Caeyenberghs… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Obesity is associated not only with metabolic and physical health conditions, but with
individual variations in cognition and brain health. This study examined the association …

Individual differences in hippocampal volume as a function of BMI and reward sensitivity

MA Parcet, J Adrián-Ventura, V Costumero… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sensitivity to reward is a personality trait that predisposes a person to several addictive
behaviors, including the presence of different risky behaviors that facilitates uncontrolled …

Obesity impairs cognitive function via metabolic syndrome and cerebrovascular disease: an SEM analysis in 15,000 adults from the UK Biobank

F Morys, M Dadar, A Dagher - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Chronic obesity is associated with several complications, including cognitive impairment
and dementia. However, we have piecemeal knowledge of the mechanisms linking obesity …