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 …

Objective: To develop a non-invasive method of studying brain mechanisms involved in
energy homeostasis and appetite regulation in humans by using visual food cues that are …