Does obesity have the characteristics of addiction?

肥胖是否具有成瘾特征？

• 批准号: nhmrc : 1023073
• 负责人: Prof Margaret Morris
• 金额: $ 28.73万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/does-obesity-characteristics-addiction/110242
• 关键词: Does; obesity; characteristics; addiction

The number of overweight or obese people in Australia has increased dramatically in recent years, increasing disease risk. The brain responds to palatable food in ways similar to the response to drugs of addiction, and this may explain why people find it hard to resist palatable food. Our work will explore whether obesity in rats has the characteristics of addiction by examining bingeing, craving, withdrawal and brain circuits in animals chronically exposed to palatable food.

近年来，澳大利亚超重或肥胖的人数急剧增加，增加了疾病风险。大脑对可口食物的反应与对成瘾药物的反应类似，这可能解释了为什么人们很难抗拒可口的食物。我们的工作将通过检查长期接触美味食物的动物的暴饮暴食、渴望、戒断和大脑回路来探索大鼠的肥胖是否具有成瘾特征。