Brain function predictors and outcome of weight loss and weight loss maintenance

This is a current project.

Description

This project aims to better understand the overeating mechanisms in the brain that lead to obesity by using MRI brain scanning. Dietary interventions, while generally effective, do not work for everyone, and weight regain is a significant problem. Findings form this study will have significant implications for understanding mechanisms of obesity, weight loss and weight maintenance, and may ultimately lead to more effective interventions.

Project Administration

Joseph Donnelly, principal investigator

Project Contact

Joseph E. Donnelly, Ph.D.
Energy Balance Laboratory
1301 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 100
Lawrence, KS 66045-7567
jprofessor@ku.edu
(785) 864-0797
fax (785) 864-5323

This is a project of:

Energy Balance Laboratory

Funded by:

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Publications

Loskutova, N., Honea, R., Brooks, W., Burns, J. (2010). Reduced Limbic and Hypothalamic Volumes Correlate with Bone Density in Early Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 20(1). 313-22. Click Here.

Burns, J., Johnson, D., Watts, A., Swerdlow, R., Brooks, W. (). Reduced lean mass in early Alzheimer disease and its association with brain atrophy. Archives of Neurology, 67(4). 428-33. Click Here.

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