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Food reinforcement and eating: a multilevel analysis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17723034     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Eating represents a choice among many alternative behaviors. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of how food reinforcement and behavioral choice theory are related to eating and to show how this theoretical approach may help organize research on eating from molecular genetics through treatment and prevention of obesity. Special emphasis is placed on how food reinforcement and behavioral choice theory are relevant to understanding excess energy intake and obesity and how they provide a framework for examining factors that may influence eating and are outside of those that may regulate energy homeostasis. Methods to measure food reinforcement are reviewed, along with factors that influence the reinforcing value of eating. Contributions of neuroscience and genetics to the study of food reinforcement are illustrated by using the example of dopamine. Implications of food reinforcement for obesity and positive energy balance are explored, with suggestions for novel approaches to obesity treatment based on the synthesis of behavioral and pharmacological approaches to food reinforcement.
Authors:
Leonard H Epstein; John J Leddy; Jennifer L Temple; Myles S Faith
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychological bulletin     Volume:  133     ISSN:  0033-2909     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychol Bull     Publication Date:  2007 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-08-28     Completed Date:  2007-12-10     Revised Date:  2013-06-06    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376473     Medline TA:  Psychol Bull     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  884-906     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214-3000, USA. lhenet@acsu.buffalo.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Brain / physiopathology
Choice Behavior / physiology
Dopamine / physiology
Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics
Eating / genetics,  physiology*
Energy Metabolism / genetics,  physiology
Exercise / physiology
Food Preferences / physiology,  psychology
Humans
Motivation*
Nutritive Value
Obesity / genetics,  physiopathology*
Receptors, Dopamine D1 / genetics
Reinforcement (Psychology)*
Substance-Related Disorders / genetics,  physiopathology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HD 39792/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD 44725/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD044725-04A1/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; 0/Receptors, Dopamine D1; 0/SLC6A3 protein, human; 0/dopamine D1A receptor
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