High reinforcing value of food is related to slow habituation to food.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rate of habituation to food and reinforcing value of food are processes that are related to food intake and body weight. Reinforcing value of food provides an index of the motivation to eat, while habituation provides an index on how repeated presentations of food relate to reduced behavioral and physiological responses to that food.

Objective

To investigate the relationship between habituation phenotypes to salty, sweet and savory foods and reinforcing value of those foods.

Design

A sample of 229 8-12-year-old children at risk for obesity completed reinforcing value and habituation tasks for foods that varied in savory, sweet or salty tastes. Multivariate Group Based Trajectory Modeling was used to create four unique patterns of habitation to foods bas

SUBMITTER: Epstein LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484059 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature