The high prevalence of obesity and related metabolic diseases calls for greater understanding of the factors that drive excess energy intake. Calorie-dense palatable foods are readily available and often are paired with highly salient environmental cues. These cues can trigger food-seeking and consumption in the absence of hunger. Here we examined the effects of palatable food-paired environmental cues on control of instrumental food-seeking behavior.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/contexts-paired-junk-food-impair-goal-directed-behavior-rats-implications-decision
[2] http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00216/full
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michael-d-kendig
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ambrose-m-k-cheung
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/joel-s-raymond-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/frontiers-behavioral-neuroscience
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/obesity
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/junk-food
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
