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How excessive amounts of added sugars in foods we regularly consume, contribute to obesity and the role it plays in overeating and in the brain reward systems.
Date: January 29, 2020, 2:15 – 3:30 PM
Location: Rutgers Department of Nutritional Sciences,Conference room 120, Food Science and Nutritional Sciences building, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ.
Obesity is the second leading preventable cause of death, with rates continuing to rise. Studies suggest that there are common brain systems that underlie eating and addiction, and we hypothesize that overeating of sugar can lead to an addiction-like state characterized by bingeing, withdrawal, craving and other DSM-V criteria for substance dependence. This presentation will review data from animal models and clinical studies that suggest overeating of sugar and highly processed foods can lead to behaviors that are similar to those seen with addiction to drugs of abuse. Also, addiction-like alterations in the dopamine, opioid and cholinergic systems are noted in response to overeating sugar.
Tri State Society for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation hosts this presentation (at 1.15pm) as part of their Spring Symposium. Open to the public with registration. Click here for details.
Princeton Marriott
Forrestal Village
100 College Road
East Princeton, NJ 08540
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Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University hosts this free public event. Attendance is in-person or via webinar. 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm EST.
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Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University
950 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20052
Room B100
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New Brunswick, NJ