Background Neuroimaging studies suggest that appetitive drive is enhanced in obesity.
Objective To test if appetitive drive varies in direct proportion to the level of body adiposity …

Abstract Purpose of Review Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) using visual
food cues provides insight into brain regulation of appetite in humans. This review sought …

The mere sight of foods may activate the brain's reward circuitry, and humans often
experience difficulties in inhibiting urges to eat upon encountering visual food signals …

Objective The brain's reward system influences ingestive behavior and subsequently obesity
risk. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a common method for investigating …

Background Fat-free mass (FFM) has been shown to be positively associated with hunger
and energy intake, an association mediated by resting metabolic rate (RMR). However, FFM …

Objective Prior neuroimaging research has shown that restrained and unrestrained eaters
demonstrate differential brain activation in response to food cues that parallels their food …

Obesity affects over 35% of US adults, and its contributors are multifactorial and complex.
Neuroimaging is becoming a valuable tool in the study of obesity. The brain regulates …

Background: Neural responses to highly energetic food cues are robust and are suppressed
by eating. It is not known if neural responsiveness to food cues is an inherited trait and …

Objectives Food intake in obesity has been found to be reward-based and less contingent
on homeostatic needs. Accordingly, previous studies investigating neural processing of food …

One out of three adults in the United States is clinically obese. Excess food intake is
associated with food motivation, which has been found to be higher in obese compared to …