Publication year: 2011 Source: Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Available online 6 October 2011 Hans-Rudolf Berthoud Obesity is on the rise in all developed countries, and a large part of this epidemic has been attributed to excess caloric intake, induced by ever present food cues and the easy availability of energy dense foods in an environment of plenty. Clearly, there are strong homeostatic regulatory mechanisms keeping body weight of many individuals exposed to this environment remarkably stable over their adult life
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Metabolic and hedonic drives in the neural control of appetite: who is the boss?