Background: Beverage consumption is implicated in the overweight/obesity epidemic
through the weaker energy compensation response it elicits compared with solid food forms.
However, plausible mechanisms are not documented. Objective: This study assessed the
cognitive and sensory contributions of differential postingestive responses to energy-and
macronutrient-matched liquid (in beverage form) and solid food forms and identifies
physiologic processes that may account for them. Design: Fifty-two healthy adults [mean±SD …