NBC News (10/4, Bellamy) reports that researchers have found that “experiencing discrimination may change how the brain and the gut communicate with each other.” This “disruption, the researchers say, could promote behaviors that increase people’s risk of obesity.” The study, which used brain scans, found that “in individuals who reported experiencing high levels of discrimination…photos of unhealthy, high-calorie foods triggered a larger response in the reward processing region of the brain, called the frontal-striatal region.” The findingswere published in Nature Mental Health.
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— “Discrimination may disrupt how the brain and the gut talk to each other, raising risk of obesity, study finds,”Claretta Bellamy , NBC News, October 4, 2023