A new study has found that women who perceive themselves to be lonely exhibited activity in regions of the brain associated with cravings and motivation towards eating especially when shown pictures of high calorie foods such as sugary foods.
A new UCLA Health study has found that women who perceive themselves to be lonely exhibited activity in regions of the brain associated with cravings and motivation towards eating especially when shown pictures of high calorie foods such as sugary foods. The same group of women also had unhealthy eating behaviors and poor mental health.
The women were then shown pictures of food versus non-food, sweet food versus non-food and savory food versus non-food. MRI scans recorded the participants' brain activity while they viewed these images. "If you have more cravings, you eat more and may have more anxiety or depression, which may lead you to eat more," Xiaobei Zhang, postdoctoral researcher and lead author stated, likening this pathway to a"vicious cycle between unhealthy eating and negative mental symptoms."
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