When it’s hot, people want colder and lighter foods more; when it’s cold, they crave warmer and fattier foods—even if they don’t eat more overall.

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Twenty four-hour passive heat and cold exposures did not modify energy intake and appetite but strongly modify food reward

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2024 Jul 28

When people were kept warm, they wanted colder, lighter foods more; when kept cold, they wanted warmer, fattier foods more — even if they didn’t eat more overall.

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Twenty four-hour passive heat and cold exposures did not modify energy intake and appetite but strongly modify food reward

Score: 46

DOI: 10.1017/S0007114524000825

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