Research
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Hedonic feedback (reward learning) and cognitive feedback (self-regulation, social norms) interact with homeostatic signals to regulate food intake, often overriding homeostatic satiety.
Understand that food intake is regulated by homeostatic, hedonic, and cognitive systems. Changing the environment and managing hedonic cues is as important as willpower.
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Actual food intake in humans is governed by the interaction and joint function of these 3 hierarchical control systems 'below the skin,' any of which may be affected by environmental, economic, and social contextual factors 'above the skin.'
Why this rating
Based on a review of empirical evidence and dynamic models.
Source
DynamicInterplayAmongHomeostatic,Hedonic,and CognitiveFeedbackCircuitsRegulatingBodyWeight
Kevin D. Hall et al. · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2014
DOI 10.2105/ajph.2014.301931_6
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