Food Reward after a Traditional Inuit or a Westernised Diet in an Inuit Population in Greenland.

ABSTRACT: The food availability and dietary behaviours in Greenland have changed with increasing Westernisation. Food reward is an important driver of food choice and intake, which has not previously been explored in the Arctic population. The aim of this study was to explore differences in food reward after a four-week intervention period with a traditional Inuit diet (TID) or Westernised diet (WD) in Inuit populations in Northern and Western Greenland. This cross-sectional analysis included 44 adults (n = 20 after TID and n = 24 after WD). We assessed the food reward components, explicit liking and implicit wanting, using the Leeds Food Preference Questionnaire under standardised conditions 60 min after drinking a glucose drink as part of an oral glucose tolerance test after four wee

SUBMITTER: Pedersen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8839061 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature