Gourmand syndrome

April 29, 2007

I think I may have this newly discovered neurological disorder:

We present a new benign eating disorder associated with lesions involving parts of the right anterior cerebral hemisphere. This “gourmand” syndrome describes a preoccupation with food and a preference for fine eating.

There is a blog dedicated to this as well. (via Medpundit)



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1 insider April 30, 2007 at 12:42 am

I understand that there is also a “variant gourmand syndrome” that just affects MD’s – free lunch syndrome.

The drug industry are working on a treatment – very very slowly!

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