Abnormal eating behaviors may be tied to brain disorders

[healthy11]

medicalxpress.com/news/2016-06-abnormal-behaviors-frontotemporal-dementia.html

"Frontotemporal dementia is associated with a wide variety of abnormal eating behaviors such as hyperphagia, fixations on one kind of food, even ingestion of inanimate objects, making an already-difficult situation even worse. A review by SISSA researchers gathers together the state of the art of what is known in this field, paying particular attention to the brain mechanisms involved. The information may be used for understanding eating disorders in healthy people. The review was published in the magazine Neurocase...."

[melvinhoward]

healthy11, what can be done to improve the condition?

[healthy11]

I'm not a doctor, but by following some of the links at the bottom of the article, it sounds like they are researching different ways to help people with eating disorders, including the use of Deep Brain Stimulation. www.psychiatrictimes.com/eating-disorders/deep-brain-stimulation-chronic-and-severe-anorexia-nervosa