Seminars and events

at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research and at cooperating institutes

Room: Seminar room 1 Location: MPI for Metabolism Resarch

Talk by Dr. Uku Vainik, University of Tartu, Estonia

Uncontrolled eating: a unifying heritable trait linked with obesity,overeating, personality and the brain
Obesity is intertwined with behaviour. Many eating-related behaviours have been proposed to explain obesity, such as food addiction, disinhibition and emotional eating. However, these behaviours tend to similarities based on both statistics and definitions. I propose that these behaviours can be aggregated into a single broad trait – Uncontrolled Eating. Such an approach enables reviewing and meta‐analysing evidence done on each individual behaviour. I review evidence how the aggregated Uncontrolled Eating has robust associations with body mass index, food intake, personality traits, and brain systems. I also map out Uncontrolled Eating’s behavioural similarity with other addictions and psychiatric conditions. In summary, Uncontrolled Eating summarises important behavioural aspects of obesity. [more]

Talk by Denis Burdakov, PhD

Deciphering dynamics and connectivity of brain orexin cells

Talk by Prof. Ronald Kahn

Insulin action on the brain: Role in metabolism and brain function
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