Background The food addiction model proposes that obesity overlaps with addiction in terms
of neurobiological alterations in the striatum and related clinical manifestations (ie, craving
and persistence of unhealthy habits). Therefore, we aimed to examine the functional
connectivity of the striatum in excess-weight versus normal-weight subjects and to determine
the extent of the association between striatum connectivity and individual differences in food
craving and changes in body mass index (BMI). Methods Forty-two excess-weight …