Dhanush Ammineni

The compulsive eating paradigm: can psychedelics help in treating obesity?

Journal of Eating Disorders April 7, 2025 Dhanush Ammineni, Rebecca J. Park 1 citation

Obesity is a multifactorial disorder involving a behavioural aetiology in subsets of patients that traditional therapeutic approaches have failed to address. Drawing parallels with addiction, the rewarding aspects of a chronic energy-dense diet can compromise dopaminergic reward circuits, eventually causing individuals to become habitually responsive to food-related stimuli despite adverse...