The neurobiology of food intake in an obesogenic environment (2012)

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Volume 71, Issue 4 November 2012, pp. 478-487 Hans-Rudolf Berthoud (a1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665112000602 Published online: 17 July 2012 Abstract The objective of this non-systematic review of the literature is to highlight some of the neural systems and pathways that are affected by the various intake-promoting aspects of the modern food environment […]

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Problem Internet Use and Internet Gaming Disorder: a survey of health literacy among psychiatrists from Australia and New Zealand (2017)

Australas Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 1:1039856216684714. doi: 10.1177/1039856216684714.  Abstract OBJECTIVES: Research is limited on psychiatrists’ opinions on the concepts of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Problematic Internet Use (PIU). We aimed to assess health literacy among psychiatrists on IGD/PIU. METHODS: A self-report survey was administered online to members of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College […]

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(L) In teens, strong friendships may mitigate depression associated with excessive video gaming (2017)

January 12, 2017 Teenagers who play video games for more than four hours a day suffer from symptoms of depression, but frequent use of social media and instant messaging may mitigate symptoms of game addiction in these teens, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led research suggests. The findings, scheduled for publication in the […]

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Dyshomeostasis, obesity, addiction and chronic stress (2016)

Health Psychol Open. 2016 Jan; 3(1): 2055102916636907. Published online 2016 Mar 28. doi:  10.1177/2055102916636907 PMCID: PMC5193275 David F Marks1 Abstract When eating control is overridden by hedonic reward, a condition of obesity dyshomeostasis occurs. Appetitive hedonic reward is a natural response to an obesogenic environment containing endemic stress and easily accessible and palatable high-energy foods […]

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The tempted brain eats: Pleasure and desire circuits in obesity and eating disorders (2010)

Brain Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2011 Sep 2. Brain Res. 2010 Sep 2; 1350: 43–64. Published online 2010 Apr 11. doi:  10.1016/j.brainres.2010.04.003 PMCID: PMC2913163 NIHMSID: NIHMS197191 Kent C. Berridge, Chao-Yi Ho, Jocelyn M. Richard, and Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio Abstract What we eat, when and how much, all are influenced by brain reward mechanisms […]

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Relation of Obesity to Consummatory and Anticipatory Food Reward (2009)

Physiol Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 Jul 14. Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2009 Jul 14; 97(5): 551–560. Published online 2009 Mar 27. doi:  10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.03.020 PMCID: PMC2734415 NIHMSID: NIHMS127696 Eric Stice, Sonja Spoor, Janet Ng, and David H. Zald   Abstract This report reviews findings from studies that have investigated […]

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Relation of Reward from Food Intake and Anticipated Food Intake to Obesity: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study (2008)

J Abnorm Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 May 13. J Abnorm Psychol. 2008 Nov; 117(4): 924–935. doi:  10.1037/a0013600 PMCID: PMC2681092 NIHMSID: NIHMS100845 Eric Stice and Sonja Spoor Oregon Research Institute Cara Bohon Department of Psychology, University of Oregon Marga Veldhuizen and Dana Small J.B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale University Abstract We tested the hypothesis […]

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Food reward system: current perspectives and future research needs (2015)

Nutrition Reviews Volume 73, Issue 5 Pp. 296 – 307 Miguel Alonso-Alonso, Stephen C. Woods, Marcia Pelchat, Patricia Sue Grigson, Eric Stice, Sadaf Farooqi, Chor San Khoo, Richard D. Mattes, Gary K. Beauchamp DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuv002 First published online: 9 April 2015 Abstract This article reviews current research and cross-disciplinary perspectives on the neuroscience of food […]

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Do Dopaminergic Impairments Underlie Physical Inactivity in People with Obesity? (2016)

Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10: 514. Published online 2016 Oct 14. doi:  10.3389/fnhum.2016.00514 PMCID: PMC5063846 Alexxai V. Kravitz,1,2,* Timothy J. O’Neal,1 and Danielle M. Friend1 Abstract Obesity is associated with physical inactivity, which exacerbates the negative health consequences of obesity. Despite a wide consensus that people with obesity should exercise more, there are few effective […]

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An Affective Neuroscience Framework for the Molecular Study of Internet Addiction (2016)

Front. Psychol., 16 December 2016 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01906 Christian Montag1,2†*, Cornelia Sindermann1†, Benjamin Becker2 and Jaak Panksepp3 1Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany 2Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation/Center for Information in Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China 3Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, […]

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