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Proceedings from the 2018 Association for Chemoreception Annual Meeting Symposium: Bariatric Surgery and Its Effects on Taste and Food Selection.

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Abstract

This article provides a summary of the topics discussed at the symposium titled "Bariatric Surgery and Its Effects on Taste and Food Selection," which was held at the Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences. Bariatric surgery such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is currently one of the most effective treatments available for weight loss and Type 2 diabetes. For this reason, it is of great interest to clinicians as well as to basic scientists studying the controls of feeding and energy balance. Despite the commonly held view by clinicians that RYGB patients change their food preferences away from fats and sugars in favor of less energy dense alternatives such as vegetables, the empirical support for this claim is equivocal. It is currently thought that the taste and palatability of fats and sugars are affected by the surgery. Some key preclinical and clinical findings addressing these issues were evaluated in this symposium.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)155-163
Number of pages9
JournalChemical senses
Volume44
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 1 Mar 2019

Funding

A.C.S.: This work was supported in part by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01-DK106112. M.Y.P.: This work is being supported in part by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism under Award Number R01-AA024103 and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch Project number 698–921. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. M.B.E.L. and R.P.: This work is being supported by the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme. C.W.l.R.: Funded by the Health Research Board (USIRL-2006-2) and Science Foundation Ireland (12/YI/B2480).

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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