Obesity Abstracts

Background: In addition to effects on body weight and composition, it is becoming apparent that exercise training improves markers of appetite control. Several studies have focused on homeostatic appetite responses to exercise training (e.g. appetite-related peptides, gastric emptying, satiety and food intake), but little is known on its effects on food reward and susceptibility to overeating.Methods: This study examined changes in food reward and eating...

Background: There is increasing evidence that exercise training may facilitate weight management via improvements in appetite control. However, the meaningfulness of inter-individual variability in exercise-induced changes has recently been challenged.Methods: This study examined the individual variability in body weight and composition, and markers of appetite in response to a supervised 12-week exercise intervention (2500 kcal/week) in inactive individ...