[HTML][HTML] Hedonic hunger is increased in severely obese patients and is reduced after gastric bypass surgery
B Schultes, B Ernst, B Wilms, M Thurnheer… - The American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Background: Overeating as a pathogenetic hallmark of obesity may be promoted by an
increase in hedonic hunger, ie, the drive to eat palatable foods in the absence of energy
need. Gastric bypass surgery, which effectively reduces severe obesity, might also affect
hedonic hunger. Objective: The objective was to assess hedonic hunger in severely obese
patients with and without a history of gastric bypass surgery. Design: Severely obese
patients who had not undergone gastric bypass surgery (n= 123), gastric bypass patients …
increase in hedonic hunger, ie, the drive to eat palatable foods in the absence of energy
need. Gastric bypass surgery, which effectively reduces severe obesity, might also affect
hedonic hunger. Objective: The objective was to assess hedonic hunger in severely obese
patients with and without a history of gastric bypass surgery. Design: Severely obese
patients who had not undergone gastric bypass surgery (n= 123), gastric bypass patients …