Irradiating the hypothalamus is not intended to be a treatment for obesity; that's missing the point. The point of this research is to elucidate the significant

Irradiating the hypothalamus is not intended to be a treatment for obesity; that's missing the point. The point of this research is to elucidate the significant role of the hypothalamus in the regulation of body fat, so that other studies can now be done to hone in on the mechanism at work, in the eventual hope of finding a pathway to target in order to induce weight loss in a more specific and less harmful manner. This is a first step towards finding a potential treatment, a clue as to where we might look, not the treatment itself.