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Hyperpalatable foods have been shown to activate the reward regions of the brain, such as the hypothalamus, that influence food choices and eating behaviours. [7] When these foods are consumed, the neurons in the reward region become very active, creating highly positive feelings of pleasure so that people want to keep seeking these foods regularly.
These foods undergo extensive industrial processing, resulting in products that are convenient, hyper-palatable, and potentially detrimental to long-term health.
UPFs tend to be highly marketed, shelf-stable, and hyper-palatable, making them easy to overeat, Hobson previously told Business Insider. Soda, candy, and fast food are obvious examples. Soda ...
Hyper-palatable foods have addictive qualities . Similar to how people crave tobacco products, people can crave hyper-palatable foods. “Every addictive substance is something that we take from ...
Carlos Monteiro, working with a team of researchers at the University of São Paulo, first published the concept of ultra-processed foods: Ultra-processed foods are basically confections of group 2 ingredients [substances extracted from whole foods], typically combined with sophisticated use of additives, to make them edible, palatable, and habit-forming.
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Chips are designed to be hyper-palatable thanks to their high salt and fat content. Hyper-palatable foods like chips can bypass satiety (fullness) mechanisms, leading to overeating.
Encouragement of tree recovery by promoting seed sources of native trees is an important aspect of managing recovery from overbrowsing. [27] Refugia in the form of windthrow mounds, rocky outcrops, or horizontal logs elevated above the forest floor can provide plants with substrate protected from browsing by cervids.