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Obesity’s Neural Clue: Divergence in the Brain’s Appetite Center


Brain structure, particularly the hypothalamus size, varies with body weight, indicating a potential brain-based mechanism for obesity. Cambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of people who are o

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