The University of East Anglia (UEA) is offering hope to many obese people who once thought that they had no control over their eating habits.
New evidence has emerged recently from UEA in the UK which suggests that eating disorders which can lead to obesity are in fact learnt and not hard wired from birth. Research published yesterday in the Journal of Neuroscience has identified a group of stem cells which can generate new appetite-regulating neurons in the brains of young and adult rodents.
It has been estimated that more than 1.4 billion human adults worldwide are clinically overweight and almost 3 million people a year die from obesity related factors.
The researchers at UEA studied the hypothalamus area of the brain, more specifically the areas which relate with appetite regulation. They established a confirmed increase in appetite regulating neurons being created by what have been called 'tanycytes' in the brain.
Dr Mohammad K. Hajihosseini, lead researcher, said "Loss or malfunctioning of neurons in the hypothalamus is the prime cause of eating disorders such as obesity. Until recently we thought that all of these nerve cells were generated during the embryonic period and so the circuitry that controls appetite was fixed. But this study has shown that the neural circuitry that controls appetite is not fixed in number and could possibly be manipulated numerically to tackle eating disorders."
The research which was sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, is estimated to help develop drugs to be administered to children predisposed to obesity and may be available from between 5 to 10 years time.
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New evidence has emerged recently from UEA in the UK which suggests that eating disorders which can lead to obesity are in fact learnt and not hard wired from birth. Research published yesterday in the Journal of Neuroscience has identified a group of stem cells which can generate new appetite-regulating neurons in the brains of young and adult rodents.
It has been estimated that more than 1.4 billion human adults worldwide are clinically overweight and almost 3 million people a year die from obesity related factors.
The researchers at UEA studied the hypothalamus area of the brain, more specifically the areas which relate with appetite regulation. They established a confirmed increase in appetite regulating neurons being created by what have been called 'tanycytes' in the brain.
Dr Mohammad K. Hajihosseini, lead researcher, said "Loss or malfunctioning of neurons in the hypothalamus is the prime cause of eating disorders such as obesity. Until recently we thought that all of these nerve cells were generated during the embryonic period and so the circuitry that controls appetite was fixed. But this study has shown that the neural circuitry that controls appetite is not fixed in number and could possibly be manipulated numerically to tackle eating disorders."
The research which was sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, is estimated to help develop drugs to be administered to children predisposed to obesity and may be available from between 5 to 10 years time.
original item
The following clip is an extreme way to try to lose body fat, diet and exercise is better:
Stay Healthy!
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