Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Stress, Obesity And Food Intake
October 08, 2022
October 08, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 8 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Stress can promote weight gain, especially in people who are already obese. In mice, Julio Ayala, PhD, and colleagues found that while lean male mice ate less when stressed, obese mice maintained their typical food intake.
To understand these differences, they looked at the dorsal lateral septum, a brain region involved in stress responses. In lean males, stress caus . . .
Stress can promote weight gain, especially in people who are already obese. In mice, Julio Ayala, PhD, and colleagues found that while lean male mice ate less when stressed, obese mice maintained their typical food intake.
To understand these differences, they looked at the dorsal lateral septum, a brain region involved in stress responses. In lean males, stress caus . . .