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Slow food, fast food and the control of food intake

Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2010
This Perspective focuses on two elements of our food supply and eating environment that facilitate high energy intake: a high eating rate and distraction of attention from eating. These two elements are believed to undermine our body's capacity to regulate its energy intake at healthy levels because they impair the congruent association between sensory
de Graaf, C., Kok, F.J.
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Food systems and food control in Nigeria

Food Policy, 1991
Abstract Many developing countries face considerable problems in establishing a continuous supply of safe and wholesome food. There are many factors involved. This study considers one such country, Nigeria. It looks at the Nigerian food supply system, the legal framework for food control and, based on these, the associated problems in the regulation ...
Rosemary C. Anyanwu, David J. Jukes
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Gastric control of food intake

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1988
Inhibition of gastric emptying leads to enhanced satiety and this mechanism may contribute to the undereating observed after administration of cholecystokinin (CCK) and fenfluramine, and in patients with anorexia nervosa. Pyloric smooth muscle bears specific CCK receptors and the evidence suggests that a major site of action for CCK satiety is in the ...
P H, Robinson, P R, McHugh, T H, Moran, J D, Stephenson   +3 more
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Neuroendocrine control of food intake

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2008
Appetite is regulated by a complex system of central and peripheral signals which interact in order to modulate the individual response to nutrient ingestion. Peripheral regulation includes satiety signals and adiposity signals, while central control is accomplished by several effectors, including the neuropeptidergic, monoaminergic and endocannabinoid
E. Valassi, M. Scacchi, F. Cavagnini
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Bibliotherapy and food cravings control

Appetite, 2013
The use of self-help manuals or bibliotherapy could be an effective resource to treat obesity, but their effects on the elaborative processes of food cravings remain unclear. The present study examined whether bibliotherapy can effectively reduce food cravings in an overweight and obese adult population.
Boris C, Rodríguez-Martín, Anisleidy, Gómez-Quintana, Glendy, Díaz-Martínez, Osana, Molerio-Pérez   +3 more
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Endocrinologic Control of Food Intake

Nutrition Reviews, 2009
The control of food intake is extremely complex and involves central as well as peripheral mechanisms comprising effects of nutrients, metabolites, endocrine factors, and neural mechanisms. Obesity ensues when calorie intake exceeds the use of calories.
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