Record number | 506725 |
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Title | Brain response to images of food varying in energy density is associated with body composition in 7- to 10-year-old children : Results of an exploratory study |
Author(s) | Fearnbach, S.N.; English, Laural K.; Lasschuijt, Marlou; Wilson, Stephen J.; Savage, Jennifer S.; Fisher, Jennifer O.; Rolls, Barbara J.; Keller, Kathleen L. |
Source | Physiology and Behavior 162 (2016). - ISSN 0031-9384 - p. 3 - 9. |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.03.007 |
Department(s) | Chair Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour |
Publication type | Refereed Article in a scientific journal |
Publication year | 2016 |
Keyword(s) | Body composition - Children - Energy density - Fat-free mass - fMRI - Neuroimaging |
Abstract | Energy balance is regulated by a multifaceted system of physiological signals that influence energy intake and expenditure. Therefore, variability in the brain's response to food may be partially explained by differences in levels of metabolically active tissues throughout the body, including fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM). The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that children's body composition would be related to their brain response to food images varying in energy density (ED), a measure of energy content per weight of food. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to measure brain response to High (> 1.5 kcal/g) and Low ( |
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