Can Obesity Cause Cognitive Disfunction?
The paper that I read for this week argued that obesity, along with genetic and socioeconomic factors, could be a result of an addictive lifestyle based on the ...
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Why We Can’t Stop Eating?
There’s no denying that Americans’ collective waistband is growing tighter. According to the CDC, around 36% of adults and 17% of children are now considered ob...
Is Cannabis a Possible Cure for Obesity?
In recent years the epidemic of obesity has become a hot topic in the United States. It has become a huge problem because this has a significant impact on the ...
Why It’s Important to Treat Your Body With Love
Most of us have likely experienced at least some feelings of insecurity about our bodies at some point in our lives – that self-conscious voice that tells us ou...
How the Reward System Contributes to Obesity
Obesity is a growing problem for our country here in America. But eating may actually have the ability to trigger our reward system and make us more likely to w...
5 Ways Biochemistry Makes You Want Another Donut
5 Ways Biochemistry Makes You Want Another Donut The endocannabinoid system in your body regulates the need “to eat or not to eat.” When the level of endocannab...
What Is the Cause of Obesity?
Obesity is a very prevalent problem in the US. Over one third of Americans are obese. Obesity can lead to many health complications such as diabetes and heart d...
Investing in Autism: Funding for Services or Research?
Studying both psychology and neuroscience in my undergraduate years I believe I have received an education that has highlighted the importance of all kinds of t...
Defining Obesity as a Disease: The Pros and Cons
As of 2013, obesity has been officially recognized as a disease by some of the nation’s leading medical groups, such as the American Medical Association (AMA), ...
The Danger of “Diet”
Obesity in America is a growing problem. Literally. A survey in 2015 showed obesity rates exceeded 35 percent in four states, 30 percent in 25 states and are ab...