Fasting for 24 hours heightens reward from food and food-related cues.

We examined the impact of a 24 hour complete fast (vs. fed state) on two measures of food reward: 1) 'wanting', as measured by response to food images and by the relative-reinforcing value of food (RRV), and 2) 'liking', as measured by response to food images and the hedonic eval...

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Main Authors: Jameason D Cameron, Gary S Goldfield, Graham Finlayson, John E Blundell, Eric Doucet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3894194?pdf=render