In women, changes in the brain tended to be centered on regions related to emotions, while in men with obesity, the changes tended to be found in regions that play a role in gut sensations, such as how hungry or full a person feels, the study found.
, published in the journal Brain Communications, confirmed that regardless of sex, differences in certain brain networks appear to be linked to being overweight or obese. But which parts of the brain those alterations affected appeared to be different in men and women., obesity in men appeared to be driven by the way they process feelings in the gut.
and personality traits, as well as how sensitive they were to discomfort in their organs, such as indigestion, feeling full or feeling hungry.The researchers compared all the data and found that in addition to the emotion-related brain changes’ being more common in women and the sensory-related changes’ being more common in men, some of the changes were also associated with childhood adversity and mental health issues.
Especially during times of stress, “humans as a whole are evolutionarily trained to go after things that are immediate, intense and reliable,” said Warren Bickel, the director of the Center for Health Behaviors Research at Virginia Tech. “Food fits the bill, andprolonged stressful events
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