Obese and overweight people's brains different from those of normal weight
Dr Stephanie Brown, from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, said:"Although we know the hypothalamus is important for determining how much we eat, we actually have very little direct information about this brain region in living humans.People battling chronic obesity are facing stigmatisationAdvertisement
Professor Paul Fletcher, the study's senior author, also from the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge, said:"The last two decades have given us important insights about appetite control and how it may be altered in obesity.
Most evidence for the role of the hypothalamus in appetite regulation comes from animal studies, which indicate complex interacting pathways within the hypothalamus, with different cell populations acting together to tell us when we are hungry or full.
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