Obesity
Data on obesity published by researchers at University of Utrecht
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 27th, 2008
According to recent research from Utrecht, Netherlands, "The aim of the present study was to examine the extent to which food temptation influences liking, the hedonics of food, and wanting, the motivation to eat, and whether this effect differed between normal-weight and overweight women. Ninety-seven normal-weight and overweight women participated in a randomized experiment, which used a two-by-two design with food temptation and body weight as independent variables."
"ANOVAs tested the effect of these factors on wanting and liking. The most important finding of this study was that food temptation had a significant effect on wanting, but not on liking. Wanting was...
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