To eat or not to eat: Effects of food availability on reward system activity during food picture viewing

This 2018 study explored ways to strengthen or upregulate people’s craving for healthier, low-calorie foods, rather than attempting to curb cravings and consumption of unhealthy, high-calorie products. Cognitive reappraisal (the process by which the meaning of a stimulus is manipulated by changing its emotional impact or in this case appetitive value) and its relationship with […]

Food craving is commonly described as an intense urge to eat. Research has shown that it consistently predicts eating behaviors and weight-related outcomes, playing a role in the growing obesity crisis. While there are well-established gender differences in both the prevalence and health effects of obesity, limited recent research has explored gender differences in food […]