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Obesity and addiction

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There is a consensus that obesity and addiction are similar, showing overlap in cognition, neural activity and personality traits. A new study using a more nuanced approach for analysing traits reveals how obesity and addiction are less similar than previously thought, while the construct of uncontrolled eating is closely related to addiction.

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  1. Department of Decision Neuroscience and Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition Research, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany

    Elliot C. Brown & Soyoung Q. Park

  2. Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetes, Neuherberg, Germany

    Elliot C. Brown & Soyoung Q. Park

  3. Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Neuroscience Research Center, Berlin, Germany

    Soyoung Q. Park

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Brown, E.C., Park, S.Q. Obesity and addiction. Nat Hum Behav 4, 10–11 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0622-6

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