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An appetite-related stimulus given to a human or animal that, because of its rewarding characteristics, influences repeated consumption and reinforces the probability of that consumption occurring again. In the Diet-Mental Health Relationship framework, reward refers to foods that influence positive motivational, learning, and memory properties within the brain that can potentially increase the probability and intensity of such foods being consumed again (i.e., positive reinforcement).
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The Center for Nutritional Psychology. (2024). Reward. In Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.
https://www.nutritional-psychology.org/encyclopedia/reward/
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