Is 'Food Addiction' Real?
Is 'Food Addiction' Real?
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She noted that recent data have suggested that brain reward pathways that are involved in alcohol and drug addiction are also essential elements of the ghrelin responsive circuit. And ghrelin has been shown to both signal hunger and increase food intake.
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The Sun: Distorted statistics and dangerous stigmas
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The issue of misunderstanding the motive behind health care provision extends beyond mental health. Debates surrounding drug addiction, alcohol consumption and obesity are dominated entirely by economics; how much money the UK economy could …
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Leveraging justice system to reduce drug use
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According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2011, 17 percent of state prisoners served time for drug crimes (compared to 53 percent for violent offenses, and 18 percent for property crime). Federal … The goal of drug-policy reform should be to …
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