Objective Consuming sweet foods, even when sated, can lead to unwanted weight gain.
Contextual factors, such as longer time fasting, subjective hunger, and body mass index …

Background: The reward value of palatable foods is often cited as an important influence on
eating behaviors, including intake of sugars. However, human neuroimaging studies have …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a constellation of cardiometabolic abnormalities that
commonly occur together and increase risk for cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes …

Background Ingestion of sweet food is driven by central reward circuits and restrained by
endocrine and neurocrine satiety signals. The specific influence of sucrose intake on central …

Taste sensitivity relates to food preferences and macronutrients intake. The current study
investigated whether the neural responses to food odors varied in sensory quality (sweet or …

Emerging evidence from recent neuroimaging studies suggests that specific food-related
behaviors contribute to the development of obesity. The aim of this review was to report the …

We have previously shown that propensity for weight gain, energy balance state and sex are
important determinants of the neuronal response to visual food cues. It is not clear, though …

Age affects the human taste system at peripheral and central levels. Metabolic syndrome is a
constellation of risk factors (eg, abdominal obesity and hypertension) that co-occur, increase …

After food consumption, the motivation to eat (wanting) decreases and associated brain
reward responses change. Wanting-related brain responses and how these are affected by …

Artificially sweetened beverage consumption has been linked to obesity, and it has been
hypothesized that considerable exposure to nonnutritive sweeteners may be associated with …