Compulsive overeating and sugar addiction are major threats to human health, but potential treatments face the risk of impairing normal feeding behaviors that are crucial for survival. A new study reveals a reward-related neural circuit that specifically controls compulsive sugar consumption in mice without preventing feeding necessary for survival, providing a novel target for the safe and effective treatment of compulsive overeating in humans.
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Hi Sebastian, thanks for sharing. Knowing this information, what can scientists to abate the sugar addiction that many Americans suffer from today?
ReplyDeleteDoes compulsive overeating have any other origins, such as media? Is sugar the only cause of this so called overeating problem?
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