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USC News featured our study on how sucrose, the sugar commonly found in sodas, can disrupt hunger-suppressing hormone signaling.

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Dr. Page advises reducing the consumption of sugar-sweetened foods and beverages and instead trying to eat more whole foods. Photo by Jeff Wasserman on Stocksy United.

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American Diabetes Association Highlights the BrainChild Studies

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Some People Have a Sweet Brain, Scientists Find

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Obesity and Sex-Related Associations With Differential Effects of Sucralose vs Sucrose on Appetite and Reward Processing
Selected news coverage of Dr. Page's JAMA Network Open journal article showing the effects of sucralose vs. sucrose on brain activity and eating behaviors.

Business Insider “Drinking diet soda may ramp up cravings for high-calorie food, new study finds”

Yahoo! News “Artificial sweeteners may increase food cravings, especially in women and people with obesity, study finds”

2 Minute Science “Nonnutritive sweeteners elicit more neural response to food cues compared to sugar”

NPR “Diet soda may prompt food cravings, especially in women and people with obesity”

Appetite regulating hormones are reduced after oral sucrose vs glucose: influence of obesity, insulin resistance and sex
Selected articles and news coverage of Dr. Page's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) paper showing that sucrose is less efficient at signaling postprandial satiation than glucose, and biological factors influence hormone responses to sucrose vs glucose ingestion.

Yahoo! Life “This Ingredient in Soda Makes You Eat More, Says New Study”

Endocrine News Podcast “Episode 41: Appetite Hormone Responses to Sugars”

HealthDay News “Sugary Drinks' Effect on Hormones Could Spur Weight Gain: Study”

Eat This, Not That! “One Ugly Way Drinking Soda Affects Your Body, According to a New Study”

USC News “How sucrose, the 'real' sugar commonly found in sodas, can disrupt your appetite”

Endocrine Today “Different forms of sugar influence hunger responses in young adults”

WeightControl.com “Which Sugar Suppresses Appetite Better?”

Technology Networks “Hunger-Suppressing Hormones May Be Impacted by Type of Sugar Consumed”

Mirage News “Sucrose, 'real' sugar commonly found in sodas, can disrupt your appetite"

'I Have a PhD in Not Having Money'
The BRANCH lab's 2016 USC Bridging the Gaps student, David Velasquez (now a third-year medical student at Harvard University), discusses the hidden costs behind medical school that can be prohibitive for low-income students.

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Effects of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Brain Response to High-Calorie Food Cues in Young Adults
Our paper on physical activity is on the research spotlight in this month's Obesity Journal.

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The type of sugar you eat may trigger fullness – or cravings for more food
Dr. Page was featured in an interview with Keck Medicine of USC, where she discussed how drinks sweetened with fructose or glucose may trigger people to feel full or crave more food.

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This kind of sugar triggers a very different reaction in the brain
News from recent presentation at ACNP Symposium in Phoenix featuring our work on how brain reward regions respond to pictures of food after consuming drinks sweetened with either fructose or glucose.

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How much sugar is okay to eat?
Dr. Page was featured in an interview with Keck Medicine of USC about the health impacts of various types of added sugars.

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Fructose and Hunger Radio Interview with AAAS
Dr. Page's interview with Bob Hirshon from AAAS Science Update on the effects of fructose on brain reward centers.

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Understanding the Brain's Response to Sugar Could Help Treat Obesity
Our Research on Brain Responses to Sugar is Featured by NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science. "Finding new biomarkers to better prevent, diagnose and treat diseases is one of many translational science challenges that NCATS is working to overcome..."

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Abdominal Fat is Associated with a Greater Brain Reward Response to High-Calorie Food Cues in Hispanic Women
Our paper Abdominal Fat and Brain Response to High-Calorie Food Cues is featured as one of the Editor's Top Articles in this month's Obesity Journal.

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Obesity: The Big Picture
Dr. Kathleen Page and other obesity experts weigh in on causes and treatments for obesity. "The rate of obese and overweight adults in the U.S. continues to hover at around 70 percent of the population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But, as reported on ABC News for the past few weeks, the epidemic is showing some signs of slowing down."

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The Future of Health Technology Summit
Dr. Kathleen Page speaks at the 18th Future of Health Technology Summit at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Faculty Club, Cambridge.

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The Brain: Our Food Traffic Controller
Dr. Kathleen Page and Dr. Robert Sherwin discuss how the brain helps control what and how we eat in a Sunday Op-ed piece: "Imagine that, instead of this article, you were staring at a plate of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. The mere sight and smell of them would likely make your mouth water...."

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Glucose and Fructose have different Effects
Dr. Kathleen Page discusses her group’s research findings showing that glucose and fructose have different effects on brain appetite and reward areas in a AAAS Podcast.

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Selected articles and news coverage of the Page et al, JAMA 2013 paper
Selected articles and news coverage of the Page et al, JAMA 2013 paper showing different effects of fructose compared to glucose on brain areas that control reward and appetite.

Science Daily “Fructose Has Different Effect Than Glucose On Brain Regions That Regulate Appetite”

2minutemedicine “Glucose, but not fructose, reduces cerebral blood flow in appetite and reward centers of brain"

Huffington Post “Fructose Linked To Overeating, Obesity In New Brain Imaging Study”

Calories on the brain
Dr. Kathleen Page discusses her research at USC showing that brain appetite and reward centers are stimulated and hunger is heightened when obese young women see pictures of high-calorie foods.

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Brain Appetite and Reward Centers are Stimulated by Pictures of High-Calorie Foods
Selected articles related to Dr. Page’s research showing that brain appetite and reward centers are stimulated and hunger is heightened when obese young women see pictures of high-calorie foods.

Food Navigator.com: A picture worth a thousand calories? Fatty Food images may trigger hunger

Science Daily: Viewing Images of High-Calorie Foods Brings On High-Calorie Cravings, Research Finds

Newswise: Seeing Fattening-Food Pictures Triggers Hunger, Appetite; the Proof Is In the Brain

sc-ctsi.org: Viewing Images Of High-Calorie Foods Brings On High-Calorie Cravings

Glucose Levels in the Blood Help Control Brain Hunger Centers
Selected articles and news coverage of the Page et al, Journal of Clinical Investigation 2011 paper showing that glucose levels in the blood help control brain hunger centers, and that obese and lean people have different brain responses to pictures of food.

ABC News: Brains of Obese People May Show Less Impulse Control for High-Calorie Foods

CBC News: Brains of obese crave calories differently

CBC News: Food cravings and the brain

Live Science: Junk Food Looks More Tempting When Blood Sugar Drops

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