'Liking'and 'wanting'in eating and food reward: Brain mechanisms and clinical implications

I Morales, KC Berridge - Physiology & behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
It is becoming clearer how neurobiological mechanisms generate 'liking'and
'wanting'components of food reward. Mesocorticolimbic mechanisms that enhance …

Is food addictive? A review of the science

AN Gearhardt, EM Schulte - Annual Review of Nutrition, 2021 - annualreviews.org
As ultraprocessed foods (ie, foods composed of mostly cheap industrial sources of dietary
energy and nutrients plus additives) have become more abundant in our food supply, rates …

[HTML][HTML] Habitual daily intake of a sweet and fatty snack modulates reward processing in humans

SE Thanarajah, AG DiFeliceantonio, K Albus… - Cell metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Western diets rich in fat and sugar promote excess calorie intake and weight gain; however,
the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Despite a well-documented association between …

Separate gut-brain circuits for fat and sugar reinforcement combine to promote overeating

M McDougle, A de Araujo, A Singh, M Yang, I Braga… - Cell metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Food is a powerful natural reinforcer that guides feeding decisions. The vagus nerve
conveys internal sensory information from the gut to the brain about nutritional value; …

Reverse-translational identification of a cerebellar satiation network

AYT Low, N Goldstein, JR Gaunt, KP Huang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The brain is the seat of body weight homeostasis. However, our inability to control the
increasing prevalence of obesity highlights a need to look beyond canonical feeding …

The physiological control of eating: signals, neurons, and networks

AG Watts, SE Kanoski, G Sanchez-Watts… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
During the past 30 yr, investigating the physiology of eating behaviors has generated a truly
vast literature. This is fueled in part by a dramatic increase in obesity and its comorbidities …

Hunter‐gatherers as models in public health

H Pontzer, BM Wood, DA Raichlen - Obesity Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hunter‐gatherer populations are remarkable for their excellent metabolic and
cardiovascular health and thus are often used as models in public health, in an effort to …

Highly processed foods can be considered addictive substances based on established scientific criteria

AN Gearhardt, AG DiFeliceantonio - Addiction, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is growing evidence that an addictive‐eating phenotype may exist. There
is significant debate regarding whether highly processed foods (HPFs; foods with refined …

[HTML][HTML] Social, clinical, and policy implications of ultra-processed food addiction

AN Gearhardt, NB Bueno, AG DiFeliceantonio… - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
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Food addiction: a valid concept?

PC Fletcher, PJ Kenny - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018 - nature.com
Can food be addictive? What does it mean to be a food addict? Do common underlying
neurobiological mechanisms contribute to drug and food addiction? These vexing questions …