This Friday, I'll be giving an invited lecture at the University of Virginia, my undergraduate alma mater. I was kindly invited by a medical student named Robert Abbott, and it worked out well because I was already traveling to Charlottesville. The talk will be titled "Why Do We Overeat? A Neurobiological Perspective". Here's the teaser:Obesity is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialized nations, yet this is a relatively recent phenomenon. In the...
