Obesity: Cognitive Impairment and the Failure to ‘Eat Right’

A recent study has found that obese women (but not men) have difficulty inhibiting food-rewarded, but not money-rewarded, appetitive behaviour, suggesting that obesity is associated with cognitive deficits that could selectively promote food intake, perhaps in a sex-dependent manner. A recent study...

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Published in:Current Biology 2014-08, Vol.24 (15), p.R685-R687
Main Authors: Davidson, Terry L., Martin, Ashley A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Association Learning
Cognition
Cues
Female
Food
Food consumption
Humans
Male
Obesity
Obesity - psychology
Public health
Reward
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Summary:A recent study has found that obese women (but not men) have difficulty inhibiting food-rewarded, but not money-rewarded, appetitive behaviour, suggesting that obesity is associated with cognitive deficits that could selectively promote food intake, perhaps in a sex-dependent manner. A recent study has found that obese women (but not men) have difficulty inhibiting food-rewarded, but not money-rewarded, appetitive behaviour, suggesting that obesity is associated with cognitive deficits that could selectively promote food intake, perhaps in a sex-dependent manner.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.031