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Eating Behaviors, Body Composition and Neuro Vulnerability in Energy Metabolism Regulation—2nd Edition

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2024 | Viewed by 2517

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Paola Gualtieri

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Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Interests: Mediterranean diet; eating behaviour; body composition; DXA; BIA; energy expenditure; clinical nutrition; neuro vulnerability
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, there has been an increase in the number of dietary protocols used to treat chronic noncommunicable diseases and eating disorders (ED). Additionally, body composition and metabolic energy expenditure models were developed to help predict and/or understand the effects of diets. The concepts of neuro-vulnerability and alterations of the synaptic connections in obese subjects with metabolic alterations and ED are currently emerging.

In light of this, the influence of these factors in the success of clinical nutrition treatment requires further investigation. Despite numerous studies on the effects of dietary models such as the Mediterranean diet, it is necessary to investigate the specific effects of foods on the body composition, metabolic parameters and neurological alterations related to human behavior, as well as on the microbiota. The latter, which is defined as part of the second human brain, must be evaluated both for its local effects on absorption and intestinal regularity, its role in eating habits and in the aggravation of the already recognized neuro-vulnerability in food addiction and in other EDs.

Considering the success of the previous Special Issue, entitled “Eating Behaviors, Body Composition and Neuro Vulnerability in Energy Metabolism Regulation”, we are pleased to announce that we are launching a second Special Issue on this topic. Both original research articles and reviews on this topic are welcome.

Dr. Paola Gualtieri
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Mediterranean diet
  • eating behaviors
  • eating disorder
  • food addiction
  • body composition
  • DXA
  • BIA
  • energy expenditure
  • neuro vulnerability
  • chronic non-communicable disease

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Predictors of Mental Health Outcomes in a Multidisciplinary Weight Management Program for Class 3 Obesity
by Ashley Lam, Milan K. Piya, Nasim Foroughi, Mohammed Mohsin, Ritesh Chimoriya, Nic Kormas, Janet Conti and Phillipa Hay
Nutrients 2024, 16(7), 1068; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16071068 - 05 Apr 2024
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This study aimed to examine the potential predictors of improvement in mental health outcomes following participation in an intensive non-surgical outpatient weight management program (WMP) in an Australian public hospital. This was a retrospective cohort study of all adults with Class 3 obesity [...] Read more.
This study aimed to examine the potential predictors of improvement in mental health outcomes following participation in an intensive non-surgical outpatient weight management program (WMP) in an Australian public hospital. This was a retrospective cohort study of all adults with Class 3 obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2) who enrolled in the WMP from March 2018 to June 2021. The participants completed the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire Short Version (EDE-QS), Kessler-10 Psychological Distress Scale, and 36-Item Short-Form Survey (SF-36) at baseline and 12-month follow-up. A total of 115 patients completed 12 months in the WMP and were included in the study, with 76.5% being female, a mean ± SD age at baseline of 51.3 ± 13.8 years, a weight of 146 ± 26 kg, and a BMI of 51.1 ± 8.6 kg/m2. The participants lost an average of 8.6 ± 0.2 kg over 12 months, and greater weight loss at follow-up was significantly associated with improved global EDE-QS scores, psychological distress, and improved mental health quality of life. However, improvements in most mental health outcomes were not predicted by weight loss alone. Notably, a lower eating disorder risk at baseline was associated with less psychological distress at follow-up and greater weight loss at follow-up. Our results also found an association between reduced psychological distress and reduced binge eating frequency. These findings support the inclusion components of obesity interventions that target the psychological correlates of obesity to support improved outcomes in people with Class 3 obesity. Future studies should aim to identify which aspects of the WMP helped improve people’s psychological outcomes. Full article
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The Cerebellar Response to Visual Portion Size Cues Is Associated with the Portion Size Effect in Children
by Bari A. Fuchs, Alaina L. Pearce, Barbara J. Rolls, Stephen J. Wilson, Emma J. Rose, Charles F. Geier, Hugh Garavan and Kathleen L. Keller
Nutrients 2024, 16(5), 738; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050738 - 05 Mar 2024
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The neural mechanisms underlying susceptibility to eating more in response to large portions (i.e., the portion size effect) remain unclear. Thus, the present study examined how neural responses to portion size relate to changes in weight and energy consumed as portions increase. Associations [...] Read more.
The neural mechanisms underlying susceptibility to eating more in response to large portions (i.e., the portion size effect) remain unclear. Thus, the present study examined how neural responses to portion size relate to changes in weight and energy consumed as portions increase. Associations were examined across brain regions traditionally implicated in appetite control (i.e., an appetitive network) as well as the cerebellum, which has recently been implicated in appetite-related processes. Children without obesity (i.e., BMI-for-age-and-sex percentile < 90; N = 63; 55% female) viewed images of larger and smaller portions of food during fMRI and, in separate sessions, ate four meals that varied in portion size. Individual-level linear and quadratic associations between intake (kcal, grams) and portion size (i.e., portion size slopes) were estimated. The response to portion size in cerebellar lobules IV–VI was associated with the quadratic portion size slope estimated from gram intake; a greater response to images depicting smaller compared to larger portions was associated with steeper increases in intake with increasing portion sizes. Within the appetitive network, neural responses were not associated with portion size slopes. A decreased cerebellar response to larger amounts of food may increase children’s susceptibility to overeating when excessively large portions are served. Full article
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