Obesity and the Brain: Another Brain-Body Versus Body-Brain Conundrum.

Psychosomatic Medicine
Andreana P Haley

Abstract

Midlife obesity has been associated with poor cognitive functioning in older age, but the bidirectional pathways linking the brain and excessive adipose tissue require further research. In this issue of Psychosomatic Medicine, two investigations address the brain responses to food-related cues and psychological stressors relevant to obesity. Moazzami and colleagues document the relationship between abdominal obesity and brain responses to stress among patients with coronary artery disease and find that stress-related brain activity plays a potentially important role in the link between psychological distress, food cravings, and eating patterns relevant to obesity. Donofry and colleagues compare food cue-evoked functional connectivity in adults with obesity and report that brain areas involved in impaired self-regulation and reward processing may increase the risk of obesity by influencing decisions regarding diet and exercise. In this editorial, these findings are discussed in the context of brain-obesity interactions and the need for personalized multidisciplinary interventions for obesity. It is possible that functional magnetic resonance imaging and other indices of brain functioning will be useful in tailoring interventions...Continue Reading

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