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Reward-related gustatory and psychometric predictors of weight loss following b...
Ribeiro, Gabriela; Camacho, Marta; Fernandes, Ana B.; Cotovio, Gonçalo; Torres, Sandra; Oliveira-Maia, AJBACKGROUND: Reward sensitivity has been proposed as a potential mediator of outcomes for bariatric surgery. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine whether gustatory and psychometric measures of reward-related feeding are predictors of bariatric-induced weight loss. METHODS: A multicenter longitudinal cohort study was conducted in patients scheduled for bariatric surgery (surgical group), assessed at baseline and 2 f...
Association between hedonic hunger and body-mass index versus obesity status
Ribeiro, Gabriela; Camacho, Marta; Santos, Osvaldo; Pontes, Cristina; Torres, Sandra; Oliveira-Maia, AJObesity-associated differences in hedonic hunger, while consistently reported, have not been adequately quantified, with most studies failing to demonstrate strong correlations between Body Mass Index (BMI) and hedonic hunger indicators. Here, we quantified and assessed the nature of the relationship between hedonic hunger and BMI, in a cross-sectional study using the Portuguese version of the PFS (P-PFS) to me...