Modulation of taste responsiveness and food preference by obesity and weight loss

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 527-532

  Berthoud, Hans Rudolf ^a   Zheng, Huiyuan ^b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorie restriction; Fatty foods; Food addiction; Food reward; Ingestive behavior; Neural control of food intake; Palatability; Sweet foods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; ENERGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; OBESITY; REWARD; TASTE PERCEPTION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84870674906     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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