Reduced ‘self-regulation’ brain activity in teens could lead to obesity

23 Aug 2017


Research, published in Neurolmage, suggests that reduced activity in the self-regulation centre of the brain could be a better predictor of obesity than heightened responses of reward systems to food cues in teenagers.

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