An fMRI study of obesity, food reward, and perceived caloric density. Does a low-fat label make food less appealing?

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-72

  Ng, Janet ^a   Stice, Eric ^b   Yokum, Sonja ^b   Bohon, Cara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Low fat labeling; Obesity; Reward circuitry; Top down processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALORIC DENSITY; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; OBESITY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIETARY FATS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955828953     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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