Homeostatic and hedonic signals interact in the regulation of food intake

In this 2018 meta-analysis, Evers et al. (2018) planned to analyze the impact of emotions on eating in both healthy individuals and patients with eating disorders. The researchers gathered 56 experimental studies on the causal effect of emotions on eating behavior, and performed separate meta-analyses for negative and positive emotions. Also investigated was the degree […]

While food consumption is governed by a complex neural system consisting of the hypothalamic centers and peripheral satiety system (gastrointestinal and pancreatic hormones), this 2016 review proposes several possible mechanisms in which highly palatable diets develop. It is important to discuss the alterations in dietary patterns seen over the last few decades that may have […]