Open AccessNo evidence for an association between obesity and milkshake liking
Author(s) -
Kathryn Wall,
Michael C. Farruggia,
Emily E. Perszyk,
Arsene Kanyamibwa,
Sophie Fromm,
Xue S. Davis,
Jelle R. Dalenberg,
Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio,
Dana M. Small
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/s41366-020-0583-x
Subject(s) - pleasure , overeating , psychology , waist , association (psychology) , obesity , body mass index , social psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , neuroscience , psychotherapist
Prevailing models of obesity posit that hedonic signals override homeostatic mechanisms to promote overeating in today's food environment. What researchers mean by "hedonic" varies considerably, but most frequently refers to an aggregate of appetitive events including incentive salience, motivation, reinforcement, and perceived pleasantness. Here we define hedonic as orosensory pleasure experienced during eating and set out to test whether there is a relationship between adiposity and the perceived pleasure of a palatable and energy-dense milkshake.