Study finds obesity-related neurodegeneration mimics Alzheimer’s disease

Published: 31 January 2023

Thinning in the right temporo-parietal cortex and left prefrontal cortex were similar in both groups...

How much do obesity and addictions overlap?

Published: 30 October 2019

Food can trigger overconsumption similar to alcohol and drugs, but it is not the whole story...

Four Burning Questions for Professor Emerita Harriet V.Kuhnlein, Commissioner, Lancet Report on Obesity

Published: 11 February 2019

The Lancet commission on Obesity published a report today on the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. In the report, the commissioners point to the fact that malnutrition...

Gut hormone increases response to food

Published: 12 December 2018

Ghrelin promotes conditioning to food-related odours...

The link between obesity, the brain, and genetics

Published: 28 August 2018

When it comes to weight gain, the problem may be mostly in our heads, and our genes...

Common gene variant influences food choices

Published: 9 February 2016

By Katherine Gombay, McGill Newsroom...

Why your brain makes you reach for junk food

Published: 20 October 2014

<p>New study examines link between brain cortex and food buying habits</p>...

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