2018
Food Cues and Obesity: Overpowering Hormones and Energy Balance Regulation
Belfort-DeAguiar R, Seo D. Food Cues and Obesity: Overpowering Hormones and Energy Balance Regulation. Current Obesity Reports 2018, 7: 122-129. PMID: 29619632, PMCID: PMC5959777, DOI: 10.1007/s13679-018-0303-1.BooksConceptsEnergy balance regulationFood cuesObesity epidemicBalance regulationTreatment of obesityDevelopment of obesityPoor treatment outcomesFood cue exposureFood cue reactivityPurpose of ReviewInModern obesogenic environmentFood cue responsesObese individualsWeight managementTreatment outcomesFood intakeCue-elicited responsesPsychosocial interventionsObesityConventional treatmentObesogenic environmentCue exposurePhysiology of feedingCue reactivityHormone
2011
Circulating glucose levels modulate neural control of desire for high-calorie foods in humans
Page KA, Seo D, Belfort-DeAguiar R, Lacadie C, Dzuira J, Naik S, Amarnath S, Constable RT, Sherwin RS, Sinha R. Circulating glucose levels modulate neural control of desire for high-calorie foods in humans. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2011, 121: 4161-4169. PMID: 21926468, PMCID: PMC3195474, DOI: 10.1172/jci57873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-calorie foodsGlucose levelsHyperinsulinemic euglycemic-hypoglycemic clampsBrain regionsFunctional MRIMedial prefrontal cortexMedial prefrontal cortex activationRisk of overeatingLevels of glucosePostprandial reductionPrefrontal cortex activationObese subjectsNonobese individualsMild hypoglycemiaWorldwide epidemicCortex activationPrefrontal cortexFood cuesFood motivationFood stimuliNeural controlObesityInhibitory controlBehavioral measuresVisual cues