To eat or not to eat: Advancing the neuroscience of hedonic versus controlled eating across weight and eating disorders

Excessive weight and obesity, especially with childhood onset, is associated with long-term morbidity and mortality and places a major burden on the healthcare system. Seventeen percent of children and adolescents in the USA are obese (32% overweight). By adulthood, the number raises to 34% percent or even 68% when also considering overweight individuals1. Conventional non-surgical treatments are often ineffective and weight loss achieved with behaviorally-oriented therapy programs is usually small (around 5%) and short-lived2.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research