ArticleLearning and motivation2008
Sensitization and habituation of motivated behavior in overweight and non-overweight children.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Variety influences habituation of motivated behavior for food and energy intake in children.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2009Trial
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- The Nature of Available Choices Affects the Intake and Meal Patterns of Rats Offered a Palatable Cafeteria-Style Diet.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Food reinforcement and habituation to food are processes related to initiation and cessation of eating.Physiology & behavior · 2021Review
- Rationale and protocol for translating basic habituation research into family-based childhood obesity treatment: Families becoming healthy together study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- High reinforcing value of food is related to slow habituation to food.Eating behaviors · 2020Article
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- ERP and oscillatory differences in overweight/obese and normal-weight adolescents in response to food stimuli.Journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
- Incentive motivation in pet dogs - preference for constant vs varied food rewards.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Altered sensitization patterns to sweet food stimuli in patients recovered from anorexia and bulimia nervosa.Psychiatry research · 2015Article
- Habituation of reinforcer effectiveness.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2014Review
- Rationale and consequences of reclassifying obesity as an addictive disorder: neurobiology, food environment and social policy perspectives.Physiology & behavior · 2012Review
- Slow rates of habituation predict greater zBMI gains over 12 months in lean children.Eating behaviors · 2011Article
- Relationship between food habituation and reinforcing efficacy of food.Learning and motivation · 2011Article
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Abstract
The rate of habituation to food is inversely related to energy intake, and overweight children may habituate slower to food and consume more energy. This study compared patterns of sensitization, as defined by an initial increase in operant or motivated responding for food, and habituation, defined by gradual reduction in responding, for macaroni and cheese and pizza in overweight and non-overweight 8-12 year-old children. Non-overweight children habituated faster to both foods than overweight children (p = 0.03). All children recovered motivated responding for a new food (chocolate). Overweight children consumed more energy than non-overweight children (p = 0.0004). Children who showed a sensitization in responding consumed more food (p = 0.001), and sensitization moderated the effect of overweight on habituation, with slower habituation for overweight children who sensitized (p < 0.0001). This study replicates previous data on overweight/non-overweight differences in habituation of food and of energy intake, and provides new information that individual differences in sensitization and habituation of motivated responding to food cues may be associated with a sustained motivation to eat, resulting in greater energy intake.
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