±«ÓãÖ±²¥ News - Uku Vainik /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Uku%20Vainik/rss en How much do obesity and addictions overlap? /channels/channels/news/how-much-do-obesity-and-addictions-overlap-302107 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Food can trigger overconsumption similar to alcohol and drugs, but it is not the whole story</strong></p> <p>A large analysis of personality studies has found that people with obesity behave somewhat like people with addictions to alcohol or drugs. But obesity is also a complex condition that cannot be fully explained by the addiction model.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/adobestock_244311053.jpeg?itok=qdjnJSRt" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:40:58 +0000 webfull 154880 at /channels The link between obesity, the brain, and genetics /channels/channels/news/link-between-obesity-brain-and-genetics-289083 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>When it comes to weight gain, the problem may be mostly in our heads, and our genes</strong></p> <p>Clinicians should consider how the way we think can make us vulnerable to obesity, and how obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and mental performance, according to new research.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/f3_brainfigs_jpg.jpg?itok=q2qFotFG" width="160" height="112" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:22:01 +0000 webfull 140284 at /channels