A research team identified the brain's food-specific memory system and its direct role in overeating and diet-induced obesity. They found a specific population of neurons in the mouse brain that ...

The hippocampus contains neurons that specifically encode memories of sugar and fat, influencing food intake and body weight in mice, and possibly in humans, new research suggested. “The hippocampus ...

Many people think about food constantly, even when they're not hungry. That has a name: Food noise. In a recent paper by Dhurandhar and colleagues (2025) of Indiana University, food noise is defined ...