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SUBMITTER: Epstein LH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4676074 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Epstein Leonard H LH Carr Katelyn A KA Scheid Jennifer L JL Gebre Eden E O'Brien Alexis A Paluch Rocco A RA Temple Jennifer L JL
Appetite 20150416
Food reinforcement is related to increased energy intake, cross-sectionally related to obesity and prospectively related to weight gain in children, adolescents and adults. There is very limited research on how different characteristics of food are related to food reinforcement, and none on how foods from different taste categories (sweet, savory, salty) are related to food reinforcement. We tested differences in food reinforcement for favorite foods in these categories and used a reinforcing va ...[more]