NIH R01 · 2025
Elucidating the role for MCH neurons in feeding behavior and responses to sensory food cues
Project summary America has an obesity epidemic, which is getting progressively worse and has immense human and financial costs. While our understanding of homeostatic feeding circuits has advanced steadily over the past several decades much remains unclear. In addition, much of our food consumption is not due to homeostatic need, instead, it is often a result of non-homeostatic drivers. Cravings for sugary or fatty foods, even when sated, drive increased consumption. Stimuli in our environment that signal food availability, including food- associated visual cues in the form of advertisements, billboards, and candy-bar wrappers, promote these cravings, and, ultimately, promote consumption.…
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