Food odours direct specific appetite

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 […]

While food preferences and dietary habits are heavily influenced by taste perception, Chamoun et al. (2018) point out that characterization of taste preferences based on genetic variation is rising. Taste biology and genetics may lead the way to novel strategies and thereby the reduction/prevention of chronic diseases. This review focuses on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), […]