Why do some people remain lean while others are susceptible to obesity, and why do obese
individuals vary in their successes in losing weight? Despite physiological processes that …

The mechanisms through which genes influence body weight are not well understood, but
appetite has been implicated as one mediating pathway. Here we use data from two …

There is growing evidence of 'food addiction'(FA) in sugar-and fat-bingeing animals. The
purpose of this study was to investigate the legitimacy of this disorder in the human …

Objective This review summarizes a portion of the discussions of an NIH Workshop
(Bethesda, MD, 2015) titled “Self‐Regulation of Appetite—It's Complicated,” which focused …

Obesity represents one of the biggest public health challenges facing us today.
Urbanisation, sedentary lifestyles and the availability of inexpensive, highly palatable foods …

Whether eating behaviour traits represent factors that could explain the susceptibility to
overeating in individuals with low satiety responsiveness remain to be extensively …

An obesigenic environment is a potent force for promoting weight gain. However, not all
people exposed to such an environment become obese; some remain lean. This means that …

Background The high heritability of adiposity combined with its shifting distribution over time
suggests that genetic and environmental influences interact in the etiology of adiposity …

In this chapter, the authors present a broad view of the current background to the obesity
pandemic and the importance of eating behavior. By examining differences in factors known …

Abstract Purpose of Review The goals of this paper are to report current research practices
in investigations of human appetite control and to assess their relationships with emerging …