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Author Guyenet, Stephan J., author.

Title The hungry brain : outsmarting the instincts that make us overeat / Stephan J. Guyenet, Ph.D.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, New York : Flatiron Books, 2017.
©2017
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1784760~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  616.8526 GUY    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  616.8526 GUY    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  616.8526 GUY    AVAILABLE
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Description 291 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-278) and index.
Contents The fattest man on the island -- The selection problem -- The chemistry of seduction -- The United States of food reward -- The economics of eating -- The satiety factor -- The hunger neuron -- Rhythms -- Life in the fast lane -- The human computer -- Outsmarting the hungry brain.
Summary An obesity and neuroscience researcher explores how food choices are often influenced by brain circuits that control survival instincts and draws on cutting-edge neuroscience to offer guidelines for eating well and maintaining a healthy weight.
Subject Compulsive eating -- Psychological aspects.
Hyperphagia -- Psychological aspects.
Obesity -- Psychological aspects.
Food habits -- Psychological aspects.
Food habits -- United States.
Nutrition.
Eating disorders.
Obesity -- Etiology.
Weight loss -- Psychological aspects.
Genre Nonfiction.
Added Author Aoki, Shizuka A., illustrator.
ISBN 9781250081193 (hardcover)
125008119X (hardcover)
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