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Fat/carbohydrate ratio but not energy density determines snack food intake and activates brain reward areas [1]

The snack food potato chips induces food intake in ad libitum fed rats, which is associated with modulation of the brain reward system and other circuits. Here, we show that food intake in satiated rats is triggered by an optimal fat/carbohydrate ratio. Like potato chips, an isocaloric fat/carbohydrate mixture influenced whole brain activity pattern of rats, affecting circuits related e.g. to reward/addiction, but the number of modulated areas and the extent of modulation was lower compared to the snack food itself.

Publication Date: 
14/05/2015
Tobias Hoch [2], Silke Kreitz [3], Simone Gaffling & et al [4]
Nature - Scientific Reports [5]
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Tags:
Junk Food [6], Research [7], Health Effects [8], Neurology [9], Obesity [10]
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