PSY3190 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Food Addiction, Food Craving, Orbitofrontal Cortex
23 Sep 2018
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In the usa, more than two-thirds of adults are considered overweight of obese and obesity is liked to an array of health risks, ranging from type 2 diabetes and heart disease to breast, colon, endometrial and kidney cancer. Fa is more prevalent in individuals 35 years and older than in individuals under 35. Factors that lead to the formation of fa. It has been shown through fmri that even in healthy young women, viewing pictures of highly palatable food or drinks activates brain regions of the reward circuitry. It has been hypothesised that the same model that leads to drug addiction may lead to fa. Mood and stress: there is no evidence that those with fa may be using addictive eating to cope with negative emotional states. Stress has been found to be associated with a change in eating patterns, including binging episodes and craving highly palatable foods.
