Background Many studies have shown that changes in food textures are able to reduce food
intake via longer oral processing and slower eating rate, without a resultant decrease in food …

The taste of food is an essential characteristic for cats and has been shown to affect food
selection. However, understanding of food selection by cats using taste characteristics is far …

Slow eating may be beneficial in reducing energy intake although there is limited research
quantifying eating rate. Perceived speed of eating was self-reported by 78 adults using a …

Early attempts at the objective measurement of food intake in humans followed many
heuristic pioneer studies in laboratory animals, which revealed how homeostatic and …

Mindfulness and slow eating techniques are commonly recommended to achieve weight
loss within behavioural weight management programmes; yet the role of these eating …

This minireview focuses on the interpretative value of ingestive microstructure by
summarizing observations from both rodent and human studies. Preliminary data on the …

Some individuals exhibit a weak satiety response to food. This may have implications for
appetite control and leave individuals susceptible to overconsumption. The current thesis …

There are many mechanisms involved in the regulation of food intake, therefore, this study
has been approached from different disciplines. In psychology, experimental procedures …

The prevalence of obesity has increased globally over the past four decades, and one of the
primary factors implicated is the increased availability of highly processed, inexpensive …

Eating rate (ER) is part of the microstructure of meal ingestion and has been of increasing
scientific interest due to manipulations being implicated in energy intake, appetite control …