Effects of placebo interventions on subjective and objective markers of appetite-a randomized controlled trial

Since food cues exposure through smelling leads to increased appetite for foods similar in taste to that smell, Zoon et al. (2016) set out to test this phenomenon using sweet/savory taste, and to assess whether this effect extends to energy density (high/low) and is modulated by the hunger state. During this experiment, 29 healthy-weight females […]

While we know that the sensory properties of foods largely determine palatability, the aim of this 2012 study was to find out how these sensory properties can influence how much we eat. The 40 participants were female and classified on their sensory sensitivity (high/low) using scores on the Adult Sensory Profile (a measure of sensory […]