Effects of food form on appetite and energy intake in lean and obese young adults

The objective of this 2012 study was to examine whether the impact of olfactory (relating to sense of smell) food cue exposure on young women’s food intake is moderated by the duration of the cue exposure and trait impulsivity. This study was designed as a 2×2 between-participants trial, meaning that each subject would experience 4 […]

Although attentional bias to food stimuli were seen in obese vs lean behavioral studies, Yokum et al. (2011) planned to employ functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to further investigate this observation, and determine whether this attentional bias to food stimuli predicts future weight gain. Thirty-five adolescent girls performed attention network tasks involving food and neutral […]