Introduction The term 'hedonic hunger'refers to one's preoccupation with and desire to
consume foods for the purposes of pleasure and in the absence of physical hunger. The …

Appropriate dietary intake has been found to positively impact athletes' performance, body
composition and recovery from exercise. Strategies to optimise dietary intake often involve …

Objective Prospective studies on relationships between hedonic hunger and BMI (Body
Mass Index) during weight management are lacking. This study examined if hedonic hunger …

Food reward (ie, liking and wanting) has been shown to decrease after different types of
weight management interventions. However, it is unknown whether specific dietary …

Background Greater sensitivity to food rewards and higher levels of impulsivity (and an
interaction between these variables, termed “reinforcement pathology”) have been …

Dietary intake is known to impact athletic performance. The factors that influence dietary
intake have been investigated widely, but their collective effect has not been examined. The …

Background Weight maintenance remains to be a challenge for patients in a reduced obese
state and it has been recommended to provide them more individualized support. For this …

Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether baseline measures of hedonic
hunger—the Power of Food Scale—and self‐control for food consumption—the Weight …

Substance use disorders (SUDs) and obesity are both chronic, relapsing, remitting disorders
that arise from a heightened preference for immediate-focused rewards (ie, steep temporal …

Hedonic hunger, reward-driven eating outside of biological need, is a newer construct in
eating behavior research. During behavioral weight loss (BWL), greater improvements in …