Food portion size and energy density evoke different patterns of brain activation in children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 295-305

  English, Laural K ^a   Fearnbach, S Nicole ^a   Wilson, Stephen J ^a   Fisher, Jennifer O ^b   Savage, Jennifer S ^a   Rolls, Barbara J ^a   Keller, Kathleen L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy density; Neuroimaging; Obesity; Pediatric; Portion size

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY DENSITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; LABORATORY; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTION SIZE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PORTION SIZE;

EID: 85011634406     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.136903     Document Type: Article

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