PMC:4428493 / 43099-44047 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/4428493","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"4428493","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/4428493","text":"Conclusion\nThis review found that neural activation differed based on weight status with obese individuals displaying increased responses to food compared to non-food and continued responsivity to food following a meal. This suggests that neural activity to food cues could be an additional mechanism contributing to the pathogenesis of overeating and subsequent weight gain. Regions of activation differed across the reviewed studies due to a wide range of study conditions used and inconsistency in reporting of findings. The meta-analysis undertaken revealed changes in brain activation patterns following weight loss. However, the small cluster sizes suggest that there is minimal congruence of neural activation across weight-loss studies. Future fMRI studies examining neural activation in response to visual food cues should standardize reporting of nutrition variables and fMRI outcomes to allow for more direct comparisons between studies.","divisions":[{"label":"title","span":{"begin":0,"end":10}}],"tracks":[]}