Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Dongfang Chen, Siwei Zhang, Qi Wu, Menghao Ren
Summary: Among different tastes, the preference for spiciness is common globally, but its psychological effects have received little attention. Research shows that spicy food preference positively predicts sensitivity to facial expressions of anger and disgust, mediated by trait aggression and pathogen avoidance. Consuming spicy food increases state aggression and enhances perception of angry expressions. These findings deepen our understanding of the emotion perception process and its relationship with our mind and body, with great implications for the food industry and policymakers.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Artur Szylak, Wiktoria Kostrzewa, Jacek Bania, Aleksandra Tabis
Summary: This study investigates the issue of meat species substitution in kebab-like food sales in Poland, revealing fraudulent practices and underscoring the importance of consumer protection and food safety.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Suzannah Gerber, Sara C. Folta
Summary: This scoping review aims to understand the role of identity in eating behaviors and the maintenance of eating behaviors. The study found that identity measurements seldom accounted for complexities such as multiple identities and identity shifting over time. However, identity was found to be significantly related to eating behaviors in all but one study. The study concludes that identity is underutilized and heterogeneously applied in eating behavior research.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Abdul-Hamid M. Emwas, Nahla Al-Rifai, Kacper Szczepski, Shuruq Alsuhaymi, Saleh Rayyan, Hanan Almahasheer, Mariusz Jaremko, Lorraine Brennan, Joanna Izabela Lachowicz
Summary: The relationship between health and nutrition is closely linked, with poor nutrition potentially leading to various metabolic diseases. Metabolomics, as an emerging field of science, has broad research applications and potential for further advancement.
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Lei Zheng, Miao Miao, Yiqun Gan
Summary: This study provides a systematic review and meta-analysis of neuroimaging evidence on the neural activation when viewing high- and low-calorie foods. The findings suggest the involvement of multiple brain regions in the appetitive processing, including the prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, and amygdala. However, the meta-analysis results show inconsistency in the neural activation patterns for high- and low-calorie foods.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Immunology
Charlotte Hellmich, Edyta E. Wojtowicz
Summary: Normal bone marrow homeostasis relies on a steady supply of nutrients, and changes in metabolite demands can occur in response to infection and immune stress. The right balance of dietary components helps maintain normal homeostasis and cope with systemic stress. Some dietary components can also lead to chronic inflammation, impacting immune function. Optimal nutrition supports immune cell functions to effectively combat pathogens and resolve responses, while avoiding chronic inflammation.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Physics, Applied
Mingyang Ni, Huaxia Deng, Xingzhi Xiao, Yu Cai, Xinglong Gong
Summary: Traditional imaging technology provides images that resemble human vision for post-information acquisition and interpretation. This Letter proposes a feature single-pixel imaging technique that allows for direct imaging of specific features without traditional image processing methods. This research offers a significant advancement in single-pixel imaging for feature information acquisition and has immense potential for applications in various industries and daily life scenarios.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2023)
Review
Cell Biology
Maria C. Tanzer
Summary: Efferocytosis is the process of phagocytes removing dead or dying cells, which is considered anti-inflammatory. However, it can induce inflammatory signaling pathways under certain conditions. The mechanisms and molecules involved in this response are not well understood. This article discusses the influence of dead cell cargo, ingestion type, and digestion efficiency on phagocyte programming in disease contexts, presents recent findings, identifies knowledge gaps, and proposes experimental approaches to fill them.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Elena Pozzi, Nandita Vijayakumar, Divyangana Rakesh, Sarah Whittle
Summary: This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate emotion reactivity and regulation processes in healthy developmental samples. The results showed that explicit emotion regulation activated frontal, temporal, and parietal regions, while implicit regulation and emotion reactivity were associated with activation in the amygdala and posterior temporal regions. Adolescents exhibited more consistent activation of specific regions compared to emerging adults during implicit regulation.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Erik Koomen, Joppe Nijman, Ben Nieuwenstein, Teus Kappen
Summary: The design choices in mechanical ventilators have a clinically relevant impact on tidal volume measurement. Understanding the design of mechanical ventilators can improve clinical care.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Social
Hannah K. Bradshaw, Summer Mengelkoch, Matthew Espinosa, Alex Darrell, Sarah E. Hill
Summary: People who are willing to try new foods are perceived as more desirable sexual and romantic partners, and less sexually restricted. This is primarily due to the relationship between willingness to try new foods and sexual disgust sensitivity, rather than other assumptions.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Esra Suel, Meytar Sorek-Hamer, Izabela Moise, Michael von Pohle, Adwait Sahasrabhojanee, Ata Akbari Asanjan, Raphael E. Arku, Abosede S. Alli, Benjamin Barratt, Sierra N. Clark, Ariane Middel, Emily Deardorff, Violet Lingenfelter, Nikunj C. Oza, Nishant Yadav, Majid Ezzati, Michael Brauer
Summary: The study introduces a computer vision method to estimate annual means for air pollution levels from street-level images. The method performs well within the same city but faces difficulties when transferring between cities with different geographies, highlighting the need for local calibration.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Wei Hu, Kyle Bradbury, Jordan M. Malof, Boning Li, Bohao Huang, Artem Streltsov, K. Sydny Fujita, Ben Hoen
Summary: Effective integration planning for small, distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays into electric power grids requires access to high quality data. However, national databases of small-scale solar PV do not exist, and existing solar PV detection methods often have inconsistent performance evaluations. This study explores the heterogeneity in these evaluations and suggests future research directions. By evaluating solar PV identification performance in specific regions, the study finds that traditional performance evaluations may be overly optimistic. The findings of this study aim to inform the practical application of automated solar PV assessment techniques by energy researchers and professionals.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Na Zhang, Yi Bin Li, Hai Rong He, Jian Fen Zhang, Guan Sheng Ma
Summary: Microplastics were found in the feces of the majority of participants in the study, with polypropylene being the most commonly detected type. There was a moderate correlation between water intake habits and the abundance of microplastics in feces.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Briana L. Kennedy, Andrew M. Camara, Dominic M. D. Tran
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between obesity, overconsumption, and oversensitivity to rewards, and how it affects attentional biases towards food-related stimuli. The results showed that individuals with higher BMI had lower attentional priority for food and food logos, while increased consumption of HFHS foods and dieting predicted increased attentional priority for food and food logo images.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Theresia J. M. Roelofs, Mieneke C. M. Luijendijk, Annette van der Toorn, Guido Camps, Paul A. M. Smeets, Rick M. Dijkhuizen, Roger A. H. Adan
Summary: This study used high-field fMRI to investigate how oro-sensory stimulation and gastric distention affect brain activation in rats, revealing unique responses to sucrose tasting and extensive activation induced by gastric distention. The findings align with human experiments, demonstrating the translational value of the approach and offering new insights into the processing of sensory signals leading to satiation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Paul A. M. Smeets, Ruoxuan Deng, Elise J. M. van Eijnatten, Morwarid Mayar
Summary: Magnetic resonance techniques, including NMR and MRI, play a significant role in digestion research by studying in vivo and in vitro gastro-intestinal processes. These techniques have the potential to provide molecular-level and quantitative information, but careful validation is necessary to understand their significance in specific digestion contexts.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY
(2021)
Letter
Nutrition & Dietetics
John D. Sorkin, Mark Manary, Paul A. M. Smeets, Amanda J. MacFarlane, Arne Astrup, Ronald L. Prigeon, Beth B. Hogans, Jack Odle, Teresa A. Davis, Katherine L. Tucker, Christopher P. Duggan, Deirdre K. Tobias
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Mirjam C. M. Wever, Floor van Meer, Lisette Charbonnier, Daniel R. Crabtree, William Buosi, Angeliki Giannopoulou, Odysseas Androutsos, Alexandra M. Johnstone, Yannis Manios, Claire L. Meek, Jens J. Holst, Paul A. M. Smeets
Summary: This study found that fasting ghrelin levels are positively related to neural FCR in brain regions related to visual attention, while leptin levels are positively related to high-calorie FCR in regions associated with assessing reward value. The results suggest that individuals with higher ghrelin and leptin levels may be more attracted to high-calorie foods when hungry.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
L. N. van der Laan, E. K. Papies, A. Ly, P. A. M. Smeets
Summary: This study investigated the neural mechanisms of health goal priming using fMRI and a virtual reality food choice task. The results showed that virtual reality has potential for a more realistic assessment of food choice processes. However, the study did not find evidence of health goal priming triggering neural self-control mechanisms.
Article
Neurosciences
Esther Walton, Fabio Bernardoni, Victoria-Luise Batury, Klaas Bahnsen, Sara Lariviere, Giovanni Abbate-Daga, Susana Andres-Perpina, Lasse Bang, Amanda Bischoff-Grethe, Samantha J. Brooks, Iain C. Campbell, Giammarco Cascino, Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Enrico Collantoni, Federico D'Agata, Brigitte Dahmen, Unna N. Danner, Angela Favaro, Jamie D. Feusner, Guido K. W. Frank, Hans-Christoph Friederich, John L. Graner, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Andreas Hess, Stefanie Horndasch, Allan S. Kaplan, Lisa-Katrin Kaufmann, Walter H. Kaye, Sahib S. Khalsa, Kevin S. LaBar, Luca Lavagnino, Luisa Lazaro, Renzo Manara, Amy E. Miles, Gabriella F. Milos, Alessio Maria Monteleone, Palmiero Monteleone, Benson Mwangi, Owen O'Daly, Jose Pariente, Julie Roesch, Ulrike H. Schmidt, Jochen Seitz, Megan E. Shott, Joe J. Simon, Paul A. M. Smeets, Christian K. Tamnes, Elena Tenconi, Sophia Thomopoulos, Annemarie A. van Elburg, Aristotle N. Voineskos, Georg G. von Polier, Christina E. Wierenga, Nancy L. Zucker, Neda Jahanshad, Joseph A. King, Paul M. Thompson, Laura A. Berner, Stefan Ehrlich
Summary: Our study found substantial reductions in cortical thickness, subcortical volumes, and cortical surface area in patients with AN. These deficits were associated with lower body mass index in the AN sample and were less pronounced in partially weight-restored patients. These findings underscore the importance of considering weight loss and renutrition in research on AN.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Ruoxuan Deng, Aurimas Seimys, Monica Mars, Anja E. M. Janssen, Paul A. M. Smeets
Summary: Gastric digestion is essential for protein breakdown and magnetic resonance techniques show potential in studying this process. A novel MRI-compatible semi-dynamic gastric simulator was developed to monitor digestion under dynamic circumstances, showing high potential for future in vivo studies in monitoring nutrient hydrolysis and pH changes.
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
(2022)
Review
Neurosciences
M. T. de Klerk, P. A. M. Smeets, S. E. la Fleur
Summary: Individuals with obesity exhibit poorer food-specific inhibitory control, especially when hungry, and less activation of inhibitory brain areas. Greater activation of inhibitory brain areas is predictive of weight loss success. Interventions targeting inhibitory control in obese individuals have diverse effects, including food-specific inhibitory control training, neuromodulation paradigms, and neurofeedback.
NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Morwarid Mayar, Julie L. Miltenburg, Kasper Hettinga, Paul A. M. Smeets, John P. M. van Duynhoven, Camilla Terenzi
Summary: In this study, we monitored in vitro gastric milk protein digestion using H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) magnetization transfer (MT) and found that heated milk has a slower breakdown than unheated milk. This opens the way for future quantification of protein digestion in vivo by MRI.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Floor van Meer, Frank de Vos, Roel C. J. Hermans, Paul A. Peeters, Lotte F. van Dillen
Summary: The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity has led to a greater need for understanding obesity-related eating patterns and behaviors. Recent studies have shown that distracted eating is linked to increased food intake both immediately and in the long term, highlighting the importance of understanding the prevalence of distracted consumption and its relationship to body weight. This study analyzed data from a representative sample of the Dutch population to examine the relationship between demographics, daily consumption settings, and BMI. The findings showed that talking to others and watching television were the most common distractions during meals, and distractions during lunch and dinner were associated with higher BMI. Machine learning techniques further confirmed the importance of distractions during lunch and snack times as predictors of BMI. These findings provide valuable insights for evidence-based recommendations on promoting healthier eating patterns and body weight.
Article
Neurosciences
Stephanie Kullmann, Ralf Veit, Daniel R. Crabtree, William Buosi, Odysseas Androutsos, Alexandra M. Johnstone, Yannis Manios, Hubert Preissl, Paul A. M. Smeets
Summary: This study investigated the effect of hunger state on the hypothalamus network using functional magnetic resonance imaging, and found that the hypothalamus showed higher functional connectivity with other brain regions in the sated state. Differences in hypothalamus to dorsolateral prefrontal cortex connectivity between individuals with obesity and normal weight were also observed in the fasted state.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Ruoxuan Deng, Monica Mars, Anja E. M. Janssen, Paul A. M. Smeets
Summary: The structure of food affects its digestion rate, and MRI parameters have been found to serve as markers of protein digestion. In a randomized crossover trial, it was found that high protein and high hardness of food slow down gastric emptying. Additionally, measurements of T1 and T2 provide extra information on the dilution and digestion of solid foods in the stomach.
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
(2023)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Elise J. M. van Eijnatten, Guido Camps, Mathilde Guerville, Vincenzo Fogliano, Kasper Hettinga, Paul A. M. Smeets
Summary: This study aimed to compare gastric emptying rate and protein coagulation after milk consumption between individuals reporting gastrointestinal symptoms and those without symptoms. The results showed no difference in gastric emptying rate between the two groups. The group reporting gastrointestinal symptoms started experiencing symptoms at 30 minutes and had the highest pain rating at 90 minutes. Image texture analysis showed a higher percentage of coagulum and lower percentage of liquid in the gastrointestinal symptom group.
NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY
(2023)
Article
Neuroimaging
Elbrich M. Postma, Julia M. H. Noothout, Wilbert M. Boek, Akshita Joshi, Theresa Herrmann, Thomas Hummel, Paul A. M. Smeets, Ivana Isgum, Sanne Boesveldt
Summary: The automatic segmentation method developed in this study accurately segmented the olfactory bulbs (OBs) and showed strong correlation with manual segmentation. OB volume was significantly related to age, duration and etiology of olfactory loss, and olfactory ability. The method can be applied in clinical and research populations, providing insight into the role of OB volume in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of olfactory loss.
NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Dan Liu, Anja E. M. Janssen, Paul A. M. Smeets, Markus Stieger
Summary: The study found that the microstructure, mechanical properties, and macrostructure breakdown of protein gels have an impact on in vitro protein gastric digestion. The microstructure of the gels significantly affects the digestion rate of proteins, and the effect of Young's modulus on protein digestion depends strongly on the microstructure.
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
(2024)