ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2020
No evidence for an association between obesity and milkshake liking.
Article in International journal of obesity (2005), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Metrics of glycemic control but not body weight influence flavor nutrient conditioning in humans.Physiology & behavior · 2025Article
- Separating Subjective from Objective Food Value in the Human Insula: An Exploratory Study Using Intracranial EEG.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Increased functional connectivity following ingestion of dried bonito soup.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Diet and obesity effects on cue-driven food-seeking: insights from studies of Pavlovian-instrumental transfer in rodents and humans.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Review
- Homeostatic regulation of food intake.Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology · 2022Review
- Enhanced sweet taste perception in obesity: Joint analysis of gustatory data from multiple studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevailing models of obesity posit that hedonic signals override homeostatic mechanisms to promote overeating in today's food environment. What researchers mean by "hedonic" varies considerably, but most frequently refers to an aggregate of appetitive events including incentive salience, motivation, reinforcement, and perceived pleasantness. Here we define hedonic as orosensory pleasure experienced during eating and set out to test whether there is a relationship between adiposity and the perceived pleasure of a palatable and energy-dense milkshake.
methodsThe perceived liking, wanting, and intensity of two palatable and energy-dense milkshakes were assessed using the Labeled Hedonic Scale (1), visual analog scale (VAS), and Generalized Labeled Magnitude Scale (2) in 110 individuals ranging in body mass index (BMI) from 19.3 to 52.1 kg/m
resultsWe identified a significant association between ratings of hunger and milkshake liking and wanting. By contrast, we found no evidence for a relationship between any measure of adiposity and ratings of milkshake liking, wanting, or intensity.
conclusionsWe conclude that adiposity is not associated with the pleasure experienced during consumption of our energy-dense and palatable milkshakes. Our results provide further evidence against the hypothesis that heightened hedonic signals drive weight gain.
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