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Increased Brain Reward Responsivity to Food-Related Odors in Obesity.

Pengfei HanClemens RoitzschAnnette HorstmannMaria PösselThomas Hummel
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)
The present study provides preliminary evidence that obesity is associated with heightened brain activation of the reward and flavor processing areas in response to chocolate versus cucumber odors, possibly because of the higher energy density and reinforcing value of chocolate compared with cucumber.
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