2024-04-28 16:45:00
According to scientists from the Queen’s University in Kingstonconnections exist between Body Mass Index (BMI) and certain brain states that allow different goals to be achieved.
The team looked at data from 3 MRI studies involving 123 participants who had to make food choices according to a certain number of criteria. The scientists compared the models ofbrain activity participants when they ate normally and then when they focused on healthy food.
Newsweek reports that these results offer more information about the variables taken into account by the brain and how they are impacted by diet.
These findings suggest that the number of reconfigurations needed to influence behavior could determine how difficult it is for a person to maintain control over their diet. The team’s research was published in the journal PNAS.
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Other studies have also identified specific areas of the brain that are linked to diet regulation. A study published in 2020 in Science Advances details how the pallidum area is linked to food preferences.
Another study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience in 2018, shows that people who have more developed gray matter make more disciplined food choices.
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