Reproducibility assessment of brain responses to visual food stimuli in adults with overweight and obesity.

R Drew SayerGregory G TamerNingning ChenJason R TregellasMarc-Andre CornierDavid A KarekenThomas M TalavageMegan A McCroryWayne W Campbell

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2016)

fMRI-measured responses to visual food cues in adults with overweight or obesity show relatively good mean-level reproducibility but considerable within-subject variability. Poor test-retest reliability reduces the likelihood of observing true correlations and increases the necessary sample sizes for studies.

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