Does Obesity Cause Permanent Changes In The Brain? 

Study Offers Clues

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Does obesity cause permanent changes in the brain? A new study offers insights into how people’s brains respond differently to food consumption. Image for illustration purposes
Does obesity cause permanent changes in the brain? A new study offers insights into how people’s brains respond differently to food consumption. Image for illustration purposes

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  • Developing obesity results in changes to the brain involving its system for telling a person when they have had enough to eat, a new study finds.
  • The study also suggests that such changes may be permanent, perhaps explaining why it is difficult for so many people to keep weight off.
  • The study adds new insights to investigating a complicated topic that requires much more research to understand fully.

A new study suggests that obesity causes permanent changes in the brain that prevent it from telling a person when to stop consuming fats and, to a lesser degree, sugar. It may provide an explanation for why weight loss is so difficult to maintain.

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