ReviewCurrent obesity reports2017
Behavioural Susceptibility Theory: Professor Jane Wardle and the Role of Appetite in Genetic Risk of Obesity.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Individual participant data meta-analysis of eating behaviour traits as effect modifiers in acceptance and commitment therapy-based weight management interventions.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
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- An individual participant data meta-analysis investigating the mediating role of eating behavior traits in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based weight management interventions.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of behavioral weight management interventions on eating behavior traits in children with overweight or obesity: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
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- EASO and EFAD Position Statement on Medical Nutrition Therapy for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents.Obesity facts · 2023Pooled it
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- Effect of a Novel Intervention Targeting Appetitive Traits on Body Mass Index Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
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- Eating Behavior and Eating Habits: From Infancy to Adolescence.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Taste Preferences Shape Disease Susceptibility via Heritable Nutrient Predispositions: A Behavior-Gene Coevolution Framework.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2026Article
- The Relationship of Sensory Profiles and Peripheral Biomarkers with Obesity and Eating Styles in Adolescence.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Danish Version of the Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire-Results from the South Danish Obesity Initiative.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Children's satiety responsiveness moderates the association between food reinforcement and eating in the absence of hunger.Physiology & behavior · 2025Article
- Precision Prevention, Diagnostics, and Treatment of Obesity: Pipedream or Reality?Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Review
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- Design of the SHARE study: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the regulation of cues treatment for adults with overweight or obesity and high food responsiveness.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- The Regulation of Energy Intake in Infancy: A Narrative Review.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
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- Effect of fast-food environments on children's eating behaviour: A random effect within between analysis within the Generation R Study.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThere is considerable variability in human body weight, despite the ubiquity of the 'obesogenic' environment. Human body weight has a strong genetic basis and it has been hypothesised that genetic susceptibility to the environment explains variation in human body weight, with differences in appetite being implicated as the mediating mechanism; so-called 'behavioural susceptibility theory' (BST), first described by Professor Jane Wardle. This review summarises the evidence for the role of appetite as a mediator of genetic risk of obesity. RECENT
findingsVariation in appetitive traits is observable from infancy, drives early weight gain and is highly heritable in infancy and childhood. Obesity-related common genetic variants identified through genome-wide association studies show associations with appetitive traits, and appetite mediates part of the observed association between genetic risk and adiposity. Obesity results from an interaction between genetic susceptibility to overeating and exposure to an 'obesogenic' food environment.
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