Psychological experiments demonstrate that repeated pairings of a cue and a consumption
good eventually create cue-based complementarities: the presence of the cue raises the …

Background: Beverage consumption is implicated in the overweight/obesity epidemic
through the weaker energy compensation response it elicits compared with solid food forms …

Animals may use sweet taste to predict the caloric contents of food. Eating sweet noncaloric
substances may degrade this predictive relationship, leading to positive energy balance …

Overweight is becoming more common in children, but we know nearly nothing about the
eating behavior of overweight children. Learning theory predicts that overeating follows from …

The current food supply in many parts of the world differs substantially from that which
existed during most of human evolution. It is characterized by a high variety of palatable …

Cephalic phase responses (CPRs) are elicited during exposure to food cues. They gear up
the body to optimize digestion or they compensate for unwanted changes during a meal …

Recommendations for increased consumption of protein are among the most common
approaches of popular or fad diets. This review summarizes the effects of dietary protein on …

Smell and taste disorders are common in the general population, with loss of smell occurring
more frequently. Although these disorders can have a substantial impact on quality of life …

Recent epidemiological evidence points to a link between a variety of negative health
outcomes (eg metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease) and the …

Objective: It has been shown repeatedly that impulsivity, obesity and food intake are related;
obese people are more impulsive than lean people and impulsive people eat more than less …