No rapid recovery of sensory-specific satiety in obese women

Abstract

Background: Sensory-specific satiety (SSS) refers to a decrease in sensory pleasure derived from a specific food or drink with its consumption relative to the consumer's liking for the unconsumed foods and drinks. This satiety does not require any post-ingestive feedback, and yet it is an important factor in determining meal intake. SSS has not been found to be any weaker in obese people, but it might be the case that typically obese individuals rapidly recover from SSS. This hypothesis was examined in the present study, comparing 39 normal-weight women (mean ± SD body mass index (BMI) = 22.4 ± 2.2) and 45 obese women (BMI = 38.3 ± 4.8).Results: Participants drank several servings of a test drink to induce SSS. Relative liking of the drink was determined before, directly after and 20 minutes after the repeated consumption of the test drink by means of subjective ratings for the pleasure of the taste, smell and mouth-feel of a test drink and a control drink. Relative liking for the test drink decreased in the normal-weight and obese women (indicative of SSS), but no suggestion of any recovery from SSS after the 20-minute interval was found for either group. Conclusions: There is no evidence to suggest that SSS and its recovery rate differs to any relevant degree between obese and normal-weight people.

Perceptual and Brain Response to Odors Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Postprandial Total Ghrelin Reactivity to a Meal

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Sensory-specific satiety is intact in rats made obese on a high-fat high-sugar choice diet

“…Studies relying on hedonic ratings of foods before and after a meal have generally not found lean-obese differences on these measures (Brondel et al, 2007;Snoek, Huntjens, Van Gemert, De Graaf, & Weenen, 2004). Nor do individuals with obesity show more rapid return of hedonic evaluation of a recently eaten food in the post-meal interval (Havermans, Roefs, Nederkoorn, & Jansen, 2012). Thus additional research on this topic is necessary to resolve these discrepancies and determine if and under what circumstances SSS impairments may occur, and further, the direction of causation.…”

Sensory-Specific Satiation With a Pinched Nose and Eyes Closed: Testing the Sensory Modality Specificity of Satiation

“…Sensory-specific satiety occurs within a meal. It recovers spontaneously, slowly, in the absence of further orosensory exposure to the food (Hetherington et al 1989;Weenen et al 2005;Havermans et al 2012). It is clear that sensory-specific satiety plays an important role in eating behavior as it motivates food variety seeking (Rolls et al 1981) and limits the likelihood of overeating a particular food within a meal (Hetherington 1996).…”