Trial reportAppetite2012
Habituation to the pleasure elicited by sweetness in lean and obese women.
Trial report in Appetite, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Is obesity associated with taste alterations? a systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Review
- Savoring Satiety: An Exploratory Analysis of the Neural Correlates of Sensory-Specific Satiety.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Hyperpalatable Foods Consumption in a Representative Sample of the General Population in Brazil: Differences of Binge and Non-Binge Eating Meals.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Study protocol of the sweet tooth study, randomized controlled trial with partial food provision on the effect of low, regular and high dietary sweetness exposure on sweetness preferences in Dutch adults.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Food reinforcement and habituation to food are processes related to initiation and cessation of eating.Physiology & behavior · 2021Review
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- Effects of Weight Loss on Sweet Taste Preference and Palatability following Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Women with Obesity.Obesity facts · 2019Article
- A biphasic reduction in a measure of palatability following sucrose consumption in mice.Physiology & behavior · 2018Article
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- Physiological mechanisms by which non-nutritive sweeteners may impact body weight and metabolism.Physiology & behavior · 2015Review
- Variety, palatability, and obesity.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2014Review
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- Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy reduces intake of sweet-tasting solutions in rats.Neural regeneration research · 2013Article
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Abstract
In this study, we used a validated psychophysical tool, the hedonic general magnitude scale (hedonic gLMS), to examine whether hedonic responsivity after repetitive tasting of a sweet-tasting liquid follows a habituation pattern that is independent of adaptation to the sweet taste at the orosensory level, and whether the pattern of response is different between obese (N=22) and lean (N=32) women. The perceived sweet intensity and hedonic value of a 24% w/v sucrose solution was measured with the gLMS and sucrose preferences with the Monell two-series, forced-choice tracking method. Although women perceived the same intensity of sweetness across trials, obese women responded with a slower rate of habituation to the liking of repetitive sweet-taste orosensory stimulation than did lean women. Therefore, the decreased hedonic response observed in obese women cannot be explained by adaptation processes at the orosensory level or by differential perception of taste intensity or scale bias between the groups. The groups did not differ in the level of sweetness preferred. Because obesity was associated with slower patterns of habituation to the palatability elicited by sweetness in women, this characteristic could contribute to slower satiation rates, prolongation of eating episodes, and excessive food consumption in obese women.
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