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Brain Signals May Complicate Weight Loss Among Obese Patients

Obese people who struggle to lose weight appear to get different brain signals than thinner people after they’ve eaten, a new study has found.

By Sarah SchroederSept. 26, 2016, 11:00 p.m. CentralUpdated Sept. 26, 2016, 11:00 p.m. Central

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Brain Signals May Complicate Weight Loss Among Obese Patients

by Sarah Schroeder, The Texas Tribune
September 26, 2016

<h1>Brain Signals May Complicate Weight Loss Among Obese Patients</h1>
<p class="byline">by Sarah Schroeder, The Texas Tribune <br />September 26, 2016</p>
<p>Obese people who struggle to lose weight appear to get <a href="http://www.today.com/video/are-the-brains-of-obese-people-wired-to-make-them-want-to-eat-more-770085443838">different brain signals</a> than thinner people after they&rsquo;ve eaten, a new study has found. (NBC)</p>
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Brain Signals May Complicate Weight Loss Among Obese Patients

Sarah Schroeder, The Texas Tribune
September 26, 2016

Obese people who struggle to lose weight appear to get different brain signals than thinner people after they’ve eaten, a new study has found. (NBC)

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Sarah Schroeder wrote about medicine and science for The Texas Tribune in 2016 while completing a master's in public health UT-Austin, where she studied health promotion, health communication, and health... More by Sarah Schroeder

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