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PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
Volume 127, Issue -, Pages 37-44Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.01.004
Keywords
Eating frequency; Appetite control; Satiety; Ghrelin; Food intake; Glucagon-like peptide-1
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- Fondation Nestle France
- Thermes de Brides Les Bains
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The effects of frequent eating on health and particularly on appetite and metabolism are unclear. We have previously shown that frequent eating decreased appetite and energy intake at the subsequent meal in lean men. In the present study, we tested the same pattern in obese subjects. Seventeen obese men participated in: (i) two sessions consisting of a breakfast consumed in one eating episode at TO (F1), or in four isocaloric eating episodes at TO, T60, T120, and T180 min (F4), followed by an ad libitum buffet (1240) in an experimental restaurant. Subjects rated their appetite throughout the sessions. (ii) two sessions consisting of the same breakfasts F1 and F4 in a Clinical Centre, followed by a standardized meal. Blood sampling was performed to study ghrelin, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), and metabolic kinetics. Indirect calorimetry measurements were performed. After F4, at T240 min, ghrelin concentration (P = 0.03) and hunger ratings (P < 0.001) were lower while GLP-1 concentration (P = 0.006) and satiety ratings (P = 0.02) were higher. In F4, subjects consumed at the buffet, less food in grams (P = 0.04) and less energy from low energy dense foods (P = 0.01), but total energy intakes were not different between conditions. In F4, the area under the curve was lower for insulin (P = 0.02) and non-esterified fatty adds (NEFA) (P = 0.03). Diet induced thermogenesis was reduced in F4 (P = 0.03) between TO and T240. Even if subjective and physiological data suggest a beneficial effect of frequent eating on appetite in obese men, no effect was demonstrated on energy intake. Moreover, the decrease in diet induced thermogenesis and lipolysis, reflected by NEFA profiles, could be deleterious on energy balance in the long run. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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