Food Reward System: Current Perspectives and Future Research Needs

Overview

Journal Nutr Rev

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Nutritional Sciences

Date 2015 May 27

PMID 26011903

Citations 88

Authors

Miguel Alonso-Alonso

Stephen C Woods

Marcia Pelchat

Patricia Sue Grigson

Eric Stice

Sadaf Farooqi

Chor San Khoo

Richard D Mattes

Gary K Beauchamp

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Abstract

This article reviews current research and cross-disciplinary perspectives on the neuroscience of food reward in animals and humans, examines the scientific hypothesis of food addiction, discusses methodological and terminology challenges, and identifies knowledge gaps and future research needs. Topics addressed herein include the role of reward and hedonic aspects in the regulation of food intake, neuroanatomy and neurobiology of the reward system in animals and humans, responsivity of the brain reward system to palatable foods and drugs, translation of craving versus addiction, and cognitive control of food reward. The content is based on a workshop held in 2013 by the North American Branch of the International Life Sciences Institute.

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