Sensory-specific satiety with simple foods in humans: no influence of BMI?

Abstract

Objective: Olfacto-gustatory sensory-specific satiety plays an important role in the termination of food ingestion. A defect in this mechanism, by increasing food intake, could be a factor in development of overweight. The present study was conducted to explore whether sensory-specific satiety in the overweight may be different from that in normal-weight subjects. Subjects: 144 subjects (half men, half women; age range: 17-62 years; BMI range: 17-39 kg m À2 ). Measurements: Olfactory pleasure (OP) and flavor pleasure (FP) were evaluated before and after ingestion of a single chosen food. Six foods from three classes were offered: cucumber and tomato, pineapple and banana, and peanut and pistachio. According to the subjects' preference for one of them, subjects were classified into six groups (24 subjects each with equal sex ratio). The experimental sequence was (1) evaluation of the six foods (OP), (2) ad libitum intake of the preferred food (FP) and (3) second evaluation of the six foods (OP). Results: Food intake was limited by sensory-specific satiety (that is, a decline in FP for the ingested food) in overweight subjects just as it was in the leanest. There was no significant correlation between BMI and hedonic parameters (OP and FP) Conclusion: After intake of a single food, olfacto-gustatory sensory-specific satiety correlated with the ingested food's weight and volume and with the duration of ingestion, but not with bodyweight. This suggests that overweight and lean subjects have similar hedonic control of food intake with simple foods.

No rapid recovery of sensory-specific satiety in obese women

“…For all the indices of sensory pleasure used, we found clear SSS, but no group differences, which is in agreement with previous studies [11,12]. Similarly, we found no group differences concerning recovery from SSS; that is, we found no indication for recovery from SSS 20 minutes after the signaled exposure procedure.…”

“…As SSS may depend on the volume consumed [12], we added total consumption of the test drink as a centered covariate in the analysis described above. Subjectively experienced hunger and thirst was measured in all subjects to control for potential group differences in these ratings, but no such differences were found (Table 1).…”

“…However, the SSS was not moderated by weight status. In a similar study, Brondel et al [12] had 144 participants evaluate the pleasantness of six different foods. Next, the participants had the opportunity for ad libitum consumption of their preferred food, after which they evaluated all six foods again.…”

Effects of aroma–texture congruency within dairy custard on satiation and food intake

“…Although overweight and normal-weight subjects do not differ in their sensitivity to sensory-specific satiety and hedonic control of food ingestion (Snoek, Huntjens, Van Gemert, De Graaf, & Weenen, 2004;Brondel et al, 2006), variation in food sensory characteristics may lead to overconsumption (Raynor & Epstein, 2001;Sørensen et al, 2003). In the present study, only at the perceptual level of satiation there is basis for a possibility of an increased food intake when variety of food sensory characteristics rises.…”

Gastric emptying rate, glycemic and appetite response to a liquid meal in lean and overweight males

“…While this makes the results more generalizable to a wider population, it may also mask potential different responses between lean and overweight participants. To date, only a limited number of studies have investigated the difference in appetite responses between overweight and lean participants; the results remain inconclusive (Brondel et al, 2007;Coelho et al, 2006;Lomenick et al, 2008;Seimon et al, 2013). Different study design, test foods and study populations may have partly accounted for the conflicting results.…”