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Kral TVE. Behavioral phenotypes for childhood obesity: 2017 Alan N. Epstein Research Award. Physiol Behav 2018; 192:206-209. [PMID: 29307648 PMCID: PMC6019161 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The percentage of children in the United States with obesity has more than tripled since the 1970s. Despite considerable work in this area, there has been limited success in the long-term treatment and prevention of childhood obesity. In order for intervention approaches to be successful, it will be crucial to study individual variation and the underlying mechanisms that impact human ingestive behavior. Research in my laboratory has focused on identifying behavioral phenotypes for childhood obesity which may be used to develop targeted intervention approaches that are tailored to a child's individual predisposition. This work has included studying select appetitive traits among weight-discordant siblings and unrelated children to elucidate potential differences in children's ability to regulate short-term energy intake and susceptibility to eating in response to food cues in the environment. I am greatly honored to be the recipient of the 2017 Alan N. Epstein Research Award from the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB). I want to acknowledge and express my sincere gratitude to my mentors and colleagues who have supported me and provided guidance throughout my research career and to my research team and students for their hard work on our studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tanja V E Kral
- Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Multisensory influence on eating behavior: Hedonic consumption. ENDOCRINOLOGÍA, DIABETES Y NUTRICIÓN (ENGLISH ED.) 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.endien.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hernández Ruiz de Eguilaz M, Martínez de Morentin Aldabe B, Almiron-Roig E, Pérez-Diez S, San Cristóbal Blanco R, Navas-Carretero S, Martínez JA. Multisensory influence on eating behavior: Hedonic consumption. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 65:114-125. [PMID: 29226823 DOI: 10.1016/j.endinu.2017.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Research in obesity has traditionally focused on prevention strategies and treatments aimed at changing lifestyle habits. However, recent research suggests that eating behavior is a habit regulated not only by homeostatic mechanisms, but also by the hedonic pathway that controls appetite and satiety processes. Cognitive, emotional, social, economic, and cultural factors, as well as organoleptic properties of food, are basic aspects to consider in order to understand eating behavior and its impact on health. This review presents a multisensory integrative view of food at both the homeostatic and non-homeostatic levels. This information will be of scientific interest to determine behavior drivers leading to overeating and, thus, to propose effective measures, at both the individual and population levels, for the prevention of obesity and associated metabolic diseases.
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- María Hernández Ruiz de Eguilaz
- Unidad Metabólica, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición, Departamento de Ciencias de la Alimentación y Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Nutrición, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España
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- Unidad Metabólica, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición, Departamento de Ciencias de la Alimentación y Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Nutrición, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España
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- Unidad Metabólica, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición, Departamento de Ciencias de la Alimentación y Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Nutrición, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España
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- Unidad Metabólica, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición, Departamento de Ciencias de la Alimentación y Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Nutrición, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España
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- Unidad Metabólica, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición, Departamento de Ciencias de la Alimentación y Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Nutrición, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España
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- Unidad Metabólica, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición, Departamento de Ciencias de la Alimentación y Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Nutrición, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España
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- Unidad Metabólica, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición, Departamento de Ciencias de la Alimentación y Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Nutrición, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España.
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