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SUMMARY:Obesity and the Brain: What's happening with food Addiction? - Dr 
 Hisham Ziauddeen\, Department of Psychiatry
DTSTART:20131128T123000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Robert Dudas
DESCRIPTION:The concept of food addiction has gathered a lot of currency i
 n both the scientific literature and the lay media. Food addiction seems p
 otentially relevant in the context of our modern food environment and the 
 obesity epidemic and does have a certain intuitive appeal. Similarities in
  the clinical picture and the neurobiological findings between certain gro
 ups of obese individuals and individuals with substance dependence\, backe
 d up by some compelling animal data have taken the food addiction model to
  its present state. However is this data really convincing? Do we have eno
 ugh to say that a food addiction syndrome really exists? In this talk\, we
  will discuss these questions and the implications of getting the answers 
 wrong.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Herchel Smith Building
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