Creativity in energy balance, obesity and feeding behavior research, some thoughts.

Stephen J French, David B Allison

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Review in Physiology & behavior, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Stephen J FrenchAdjunct Associate Professor, Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, 1025 E. 7th Street, Suite 115, Bloomington, IN, 47405, United States of America.

David B AllisonDean, Distinguished Professor, Provost Professor, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, 1025 E 7th Street, PH 111, Bloomington, IN, 47405, United States of America. Electronic address: allison@iu.edu.

Funding

Sex hormones and arthritis in a long lived animal modelP30AG050886 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DAVID B ALLISON · 2015 to 2026

$11.3M

Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity ResearchR25HL124208 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ALLISON, DAVID B, BROWN, ANDREW W · 2014 to 2023

$1.8M

The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity ResearchR25DK099080 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DAVID B ALLISON, Andrew W Brown · 2013 to 2026

$1.2M

NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL124208NIA NIH HHS P30 AG050886NIDDK NIH HHS R25 DK099080

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review provides an overview of examples of especially creative work related to the fields of ingestive behavior, energetics (defined as the study of the acquisition, storage, and use of metabolizable energy by biological organisms and the causes and consequences of such acquisition, storage, and use), and nutrition, focusing on both individual works and discoveries, as well as bodies of works and in some cases the working styles of particular scientists. The paper then discusses some principles extracted from our observations as well as from the literature on creativity pointing out some factors that seem to make for more creative science and that can be done by individuals to promote creativity in their own work. Finally, we end with a short set of tips for the field in general to promote creativity among our ranks broadly.

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CreativityFeeding BehaviorHumansObesityCreativityDivergent and transcendental thinkingEnergeticsIngestive behaviorMetabolismNutrition and obesity

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PMID36958458

DOI10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114161

PMCPMC10164077

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