ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0020.9-11 | Obesity as a Brain Disease | ESPEYB20

9.11. Habitual daily intake of a sweet and fatty snack modulates reward processing in humans

SE Thanarajah , AG DiFeliceantonio , K Albus , B Kuzmanovic , L Rigoux , S Iglesias , R Hanszen , M Schlamann , OA Cornely , JC Bruning , M Tittgemeyer , DM Small

Brief summary: This randomized, controlled study in healthy-weight individuals examined the effect of a daily high-fat/high-sugar (HF/HS) intervention over 8 weeks on fat and sugar preference, alterations of brain response to food and sensory associative learning. It addressed the question, whether the association between obesity and altered brain function is pre-existing, is secondary to obesity or is attributed to western diet.Current models of obesity...