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Eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa, are often perceived by the general population as a lifestyle disease. It is assumed that young women, in particular, choose this alternative lifestyle as a way to be thin, presumably because they are vain and obsessed with their image. (more…)
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Anorexic patients drastically reduce their food intake and are often not capable of changing their behavior, which can lead to life-threatening weight loss. Using MRI technology, scientists at Heidelberg University Hospital have discovered for the first time processes in brain metabolism that explain this disordered eating behavior.
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An international study found that a variation in a gene that is active in the central nervous system is associated with increased risk for obesity. This research adds to the evidence that genes influence appetite and that the brain plays a role in obesity.
Robert Kaplan, PhD., associate professor of epidemiology and population health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University helped direct the international study, which involved 34 research institutions. Dr. Kaplan and colleagues found that people who have inherited the gene variant NRXN3 have a 10-15 percent increased risk of being obese compared with people who do not have the variant.
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