Changes in food reward and intuitive eating after weight loss and maintenance in former athletes with overweight or obesity.

Catarina L Nunes Eliana Veiga Carraça Filipe Jesus Graham Finlayson Ruben Francisco Marlene Nunes Silva James Stubbs Anja Bosy-Westphal Paulo Martins Cláudia S Minderico Luís Bettencourt Sardinha Analiza Mónica Silva

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2022)

Food reward decreased after a moderate WL intervention. Participants successfully maintained their reduced weight, and most of the changes in eating behavior remained significant at the end of the follow-up period. Lifestyle interventions aiming at WL should also consider intuitive eating and food reward.

Keyphrases

weight loss
bariatric surgery
roux en y gastric bypass
gastric bypass
physical activity
weight gain
randomized controlled trial
glycemic control
obese patients
prefrontal cortex
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
risk assessment
climate change