Effects of the central nervous system on food intake and body weight

10^th Global Summit on Food Safety, Processing & Technology

December 05-07, 2016 San Antonio, USA

Filiz Yang�±lar and Kadir Cebi

Erzincan University, Turkey

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Exp Food Chem

Abstract :

The central neural networks organize the interactions among stressors, body, food intake and brain. Furthermore, stress and emotional brain network affect eating behaviour that can lead to obesity. Especially, some food components have various effects such as depression, anxiety, sleep, appetite on central nervous system. The brain and the central nervous system produced a great number of peptides and steroids through their actions on the hypothalamus. Hypothalamus plays a vital role that control food intake and body weight. Leptin and some other hormones have functions as anti-obesity factor by regulating the balance between energy uptake and consumption via the receptors in the hypothalamus. Leptin deficiency can result in health problems such as obesity, diabetes and infertility. It is known that the central nervous system manages the condition of appetite and satiety; hypothalamus is the central junction point for brain in the communication of brain with the body; and leptin hormone plays an effective role in the intake of food. In this review, the central nervous system, functions of hypothalamus and leptin, its effects on food intake will be discussed in the light of literature.

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