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Snacking and Exercise

Snacking and Exercise

An August 2024 study by ETH Zurich said,

  • “… many people manage to resist the constantly present temptations and get enough exercise,”

  • “We wanted to know what it is in our brain that helps us make these decisions.”

  • “In neuroscience, dopamine is a popular explanation for why we choose to do some things but avoid others,”

  • “However, our current knowledge about dopamine does not easily explain why we decide to exercise instead of eating,”

  • “Our brain releases dopamine both when we eat and when we exercise, which does not explain why we choose one over the other.”

  • “Mice like a milkshake for the same reason people do: it contains lots of sugar and fat and tastes good,”

  • “This means that the primary role of the orexin system is not to control how much the mice move or how much they eat,”

  • “Rather, it seems central to making the decision between one and the other, when both options are available.”

  • “It will now be a matter of verifying our results in humans”

  • “If we understand how the brain arbitrates between food consumption and physical activity, we can develop more effective strategies for addressing the global obesity epidemic and related metabolic disorders.”