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Episode 192: Processed Foods
Barbell Medicine Podcast
How Does the Neurobiology of Obesity Work?
We have the homeostatic system that responds to our need for calories, our need for energy. The hedonic system is more like reward, behavioral kind of reinforcement when we find something that we really like. And then the frontal areas of our brain are more of our like conscious executive decision making and willpower areas. We see all sorts of differences in patients with obesity or people with obesity compared to people without. That preservation of energy stores, despite having excess body fat,. that's the root of obesity, right?
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