I wake up every morning, full of energy. Go outside, for a run, eat some healthy breakfast and read books, educate myself or study for my bachelors degree in civil engineering. Gaming and every other way of wasting time is completely out of my mind. I focus on things and get them done, most of […]
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2011 Jun; 300(6): R1266–R1277. Published online 2011 Mar 16. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00028.2011 PMCID: PMC3119156 Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, Natalie R. Lenard, and Andrew C. Shin Abstract Given the unabated obesity problem, there is increasing appreciation of expressions like “my eyes are bigger than my stomach,” and recent studies in rodents and […]
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Nutrients. 2014 Oct; 6(10): 4338–4353. Published online 2014 Oct 16. doi: 10.3390/nu6104338 PMCID: PMC4210920 Caroline Davis1,* and Natalie J. Loxton2 Abstract While food addiction has no formally-recognized definition, it is typically operationalized according to the diagnostic principles established by the Yale Food Addiction Scale—an inventory based on the symptom criteria for substance dependence in the […]
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 24; 106(47): 20016–20020. Published online 2009 Nov 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0908789106 PMCID: PMC2785284 Pietro Cottone,a,b,c,d,1,2 Valentina Sabino,a,b,c,d,1 Marisa Roberto,a,c,d Michal Bajo,e Lara Pockros,a Jennifer B. Frihauf,a,c,d,f Eva M. Fekete,a,c,d Luca Steardo,g Kenner C. Rice,h Dimitri E. Grigoriadis,i Bruno Conti,d,e George F. Koob,a,c and Eric P. Zorrillaa,c,d,2 Abstract […]
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Physiol Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 Jul 25. Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2011 Jul 25; 104(1): 149–156. Published online 2011 May 8. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.063 PMCID: PMC3304465 NIHMSID: NIHMS297622 Sarah L Parylak,a,b,c George F Koob,a,c and Eric P Zorrillaa,b,c,1 Abstract In drug addiction, the transition from casual drug use to […]
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Int J Eat Disord. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 Apr 1. Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2011 Apr; 44(3): 203–211. doi: 10.1002/eat.20808 PMCID: PMC2941549 NIHMSID: NIHMS191205 Kimberly D. Oswald, M.A,1 Donna L. Murdaugh,1 Vinetra L. King,1 and Mary M. Boggiano, Ph.D.1,2 Abstract Objective Binge-eating involves an abnormal motivation for […]
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Although many claim that men in most western countries live a rather privileged life, lthere is a stark and ongoing change in the quality of life that young men live. Men today are not like their fathers or grandfathers: They are more socially awkward and shy around women, consume more porn at a younger age, […]
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Biol Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Jan 8. Biol Psychiatry. 2013 May 1; 73(9): 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.11.027. Published online 2013 Jan 8. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.11.027 PMCID: PMC3885159 NIHMSID: NIHMS537768 Sarah Newman, Lindsay Pascal, Ken Sadeghian, and Brian A. Baldo The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Biol Psychiatry See commentary “Animal Models […]
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Front Nutr. 2016; 3: 6. Published online 2016 Feb 15. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2016.00006 PMCID: PMC4753312 Heike Münzberg,1 Emily Qualls-Creekmore,1 Sangho Yu,1 Christopher D. Morrison,1 and Hans-Rudolf Berthoud1,* Introduction With the global obesity crisis continuing to take its toll, the demand for solutions has increased. The discussion about nature vs. nurture and biology vs. psychology has culminated […]
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PLoS One. 2013; 8(4): e60407. Published online 2013 Apr 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060407 PMCID: PMC3614998 Sarah I. Martire,1 Nathan Holmes,1 R. Fred Westbrook,1 and Margaret J. Morris2,* Mihai Covasa, Editor Abstract Background Rats prefer energy-rich foods over chow and eat them to excess. The pattern of eating elicited by this diet is unknown. We used the […]
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