Gut microbiota has emerged as a major metabolically active organ with critical functions in
both health and disease. The trillions of microorganisms hosted by the gastrointestinal tract …

Obesity results from a temporary or prolonged positive energy balance due to an alteration
in the homeostatic feedback of energy balance. Food, with its discriminative and hedonic …

Some obese subjects overeat lipid-rich foods. The origin of this eating behavior is unknown.
We have here tested the hypothesis that these subjects could be characterized by an …

The experience of what we eat depends not only on the taste of the food, but also on other
modalities of sensory feedback. Perceptual research has shown the potential of altering …

Taste hedonics drive food choices, and food choices affect weight maintenance. Despite
this, the idea that hyper-palatability of sweet foods is linked to obesity development has …

The gastric epithelium is often exposed to injurious elements and failure of appropriate
healing predisposes to ulcers, hemorrhage, and ultimately cancer. We examined the gastric …

Global warming, primarily caused by emissions of too much carbon dioxide, and climate
change is a reality. This will lead to more extreme weather events with heatwaves and …

The aim of this study was to explore the impact of bariatric surgery on fat and sweet taste
perceptions and to determine the possible correlations with gut appetite-regulating peptides …

Origin of the great inter-individual variability of the fatty taste perception found in obese
subjects is challenging. The fact that recent studies suggest interrelations between taste …

Orosensory perception of sweet stimulus is blunted in diet-induced obese (DIO) rodents.
Although this alteration might contribute to unhealthy food choices, its origin remains to be …