scholarly journals Obese Women Have Lower Monosodium Glutamate Taste Sensitivity and Prefer Higher Concentrations Than Do Normal-weight Women

Obesity ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 959-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Yanina Pepino ◽  
Susana Finkbeiner ◽  
Gary K. Beauchamp ◽  
Julie A. Mennella
Keyword(s):  
Monosodium Glutamate ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Taste Sensitivity ◽  
Obese Women

scholarly journals Basic taste sensitivity, eating behaviour, and propensity of dairy foods of preadolescent children: How are they related?

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Ervina Ervina ◽  
Ingunn Berget ◽  
Siv Borghild Skeie ◽  
Valérie L. Almli
Keyword(s):  
Monosodium Glutamate ◽  
Detection Threshold ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Taste Sensitivity ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Eating Practices

Background: Taste sensitivity has been reported to influence children’s eating behaviour and contribute to their food preferences and intake. This study aimed to investigate the associations between taste sensitivity and eating behaviour in preadolescents. Methods: Children’s taste sensitivity was measured by detection threshold with five different concentration levels of sweetness (sucrose), sourness (citric acid), saltiness (sodium chloride), bitterness (caffeine, quinine), and umami (monosodium glutamate). In addition, the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ), the Food Propensity Questionnaire (FPQ), and the children’s body weight and height were completed by the parents. Children conducted the sensory evaluation test at schools while parents completed the questionnaires online. Results: A total of 69 child-parent dyads participated. Taste sensitivity was significantly associated with eating behaviour in food responsiveness, emotional overeating, and desire to drink. Children who were less sensitive to caffeine bitterness (higher detection threshold) had higher food responsiveness scores, while those who were less sensitive to sweetness and caffeine bitterness had higher emotional overeating scores. In addition, children who were less sensitive to sourness and bitterness of both caffeine and quinine demonstrated to have higher scores in desire to drink. There was no association between taste sensitivity and FPQ, but significant differences were observed across children’s body mass index (BMI) regarding their FPQ of dairy food items, indicating higher consumption of low-fat milk in the overweight/obese compared to the normal-weight subjects. There was no significant difference in taste sensitivity according to BMI. Children’s eating behaviour differed across BMI, demonstrating a positive association between BMI and food approach, and a negative association between BMI and food avoidance. Conclusions: This study contributes to the preliminary understanding of the relationships between taste sensitivity and eating behaviour in preadolescents which could be used to develop effective strategies to promote healthy eating practices in children by considering their taste sensitivity.

Appetite regulation during food cue exposure: A comparison of normal-weight and obese women

2012 ◽  
Vol 518 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfried Scharmüller ◽  
Sonja Übel ◽  
Franz Ebner ◽  
Anne Schienle
Keyword(s):  
Normal Weight ◽  
Appetite Regulation ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Cue Exposure

Alexithymia in a Clinical Sample of Obese Women

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Morosin ◽  
G. Riva
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Eating Attitude ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Eating Attitude Test ◽  
Attitude Test ◽  
Obese Subjects

The purpose was to examine the rate of alexithymia as measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale in a clinical sample of obese women without Binge Eating Disorder. Subjects included 165 inpatients in an eating disorder unit and 135 normal-weight individuals (comparison group). The obese subjects also completed a series of tests including the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the Anxiety Scale Questionnaire, and the Eating Attitude Test. Analysis showed that the subgroups of obese persons differ in important ways and cannot necessarily be treated, studied, or understood through a single paradigm. Alexithymic behaviour, too, was not characteristic of obesity, but it was present only in the subgroup of subjects with psychopathological characteristics.

Abstract P432: Higher Muscle-to-Abdominal Cavity Ratio is Associated with Lower Odds of Type II Diabetes in Older Women

Circulation ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (suppl_12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Britta Larsen ◽  
Matthew Allison ◽  
Eugene Kang ◽  
Sarah Saad ◽  
Gail A Laughlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Ii Diabetes ◽  
Abdominal Cavity ◽  
Abdominal Muscle ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Area Ratio ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Abdominal Adipose Tissue ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Background: Excess abdominal adipose tissue has been identified as an important factor in the development of type II diabetes. Lean muscle tissue also plays an important role in glucose regulation, yet research on the role of muscle in diabetes etiology is limited. Abdominal muscle mass could be particularly relevant for normal weight diabetics, for whom excessive abdominal adipose tissue may play less of a role. Objective: To explore the association between muscle-to-abdominal cavity area ratio and prevalent diabetes in older community-dwelling women in the Rancho Bernardo Study, UCSD Filipino Women’s Health Study, and the Health Assessment Study of African-American Women. Methods: Participants were 421 women (40% Caucasian, 28% Filipina, 32% African American) with a mean age of 64 (6.9) years. Abdominal muscle and fat areas were measured using computed tomography (CT) scans, and were used to compute a muscle-to-abdominal cavity area ratio (MACR). Based on body mass index (BMI), participants were classified as normal weight (18-24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25-29.9), or obese (30+). Prevalent diabetes was defined as self-report of physician diagnosis, anti-diabetes medication use, fasting morning glucose ≥ 126 mg/dL or 2 hour glucose ≥ 200mg/dL. MACR was modeled per standard deviation (SD) and logistic regression was used to examine the association with diabetes while adjusting for relevant covariates. Results: Prevalent diabetes was seen in 12.8% of the sample (54 of 421). In age and race/ethnicity adjusted models, each SD increase in MACR was associated with significant reduced odds of diabetes (OR = 0.62, CI: 0.43-0.89, p = 0.01), which remained significant after further adjustment for BMI category, smoking, physical activity, hypertension, anti-hypertensive drugs, and estrogen use (OR = 0.64, CI: 0.41-0.98, p = .041). The association was modestly attenuated after further adjusting for visceral fat area (OR = 0.70, CI: 0.44-1.10, p = 0.12). Normal weight women with diabetes had significantly less total muscle (p = 0.045) and smaller MACR’s (p = 0.001) than those without diabetes, while this was not seen for overweight or obese women with diabetes. Stratified by BMI category, MACR was significantly associated with lower odds of diabetes for normal weight women across all three models (fully adjusted OR = 0.37, CI: 0.15-0.90, p =.03), yet was not associated with diabetes in any models for women who were overweight or obese (all p > 0.50). Interactions of MACR with race/ethnicity were not significant. Conclusions: Muscle-to-abdominal cavity ratio is associated with reduced likelihood of type II diabetes in women. This association differs by BMI category, with muscle showing the greatest protection in normal weight women, and no effect in overweight or obese women. This highlights the potential role of low muscle mass as a risk factor for diabetes, particularly in women who may appear to be at low risk.

scholarly journals Pattern of Adiponectin, Osteocalcin, Irisin, FGF-21, and MCP-1 According to the Body Size Phenotype: Could They Be Markers of Metabolic Health in Mexican-Mestizo Middle-Aged Women?

Metabolites ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 771
Author(s):  
Lourdes Balcázar-Hernandez ◽  
Lourdes Basurto ◽  
Leticia Manuel-Apolinar ◽  
Sara Vega-García ◽  
Norma Basurto-Acevedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Metabolic Phenotype ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Metabolically Healthy Obese ◽  
Metabolically Healthy

Variations in levels of some adipokines, myokines, osteokines, hepatokines and inflammatory cytokines contribute to abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism. The aim of this study was to determine the pattern of adiponectin, osteocalcin (OCN), irisin, FGF-21, and MCP-1 according to the body size phenotype of middle-aged women, and their associations with BMI, visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and HOMA-IR. A cross-sectional study in 265 women aged from 40 to 65 years was performed. The biochemical characteristics were evaluated in metabolically healthy normal weight, metabolically unhealthy normal weight, metabolically healthy obese, and metabolically unhealthy obese women. There was an association of OCN with BMI (r = −0.107; p = 0.047); adiponectin with BMI (r = −0.217; p = 0.001), insulin (r = −0.415; p = 0.0001), HOMA-IR (r = −0.429; p = 0.0001), and VAT (r = −0.134; p = 0.025); irisin with BMI (r = 0.604; p = 0.001), insulin (r = 0.446; p = 0.0001), HOMA-IR (r = 0.452; p = 0.0001), and VAT (r = 0.645; p = 0.0001); FGF−21 with insulin (r = −0.337; p= 0.030) and HOMA-IR (r = −0.341; p = 0.03); and MCP-1 with BMI (r = 0.481; p = 0.0001), VAT (r = 0.497; p = 0.001), insulin (r = 0.298; p= 0.001), and HOMA-IR (r = 0.255; p = 0.004). A multivariate analysis showed that an elevation of OCN (OR 1.4 (95%CI 1.06–1.81)) and a reduction of adiponectin (OR 0.9 (0.84–0.96)) were associated factors for a metabolic unhealthy phenotype in normal weight participants. Likewise, higher irisin (OR 1.007 (1.003–1.011)) and MCP-1 (1.044 (1.008–1.083)) were risk factors for a metabolic unhealthy phenotype in woman with obesity. OCN, adiponectin, irisin, FGF-21, and MCP-1 are associated with some metabolic parameters such as BMI, HOMA-IR, and VAT, and could be possible biomarkers of an unhealthy metabolic phenotype in middle-aged women.

scholarly journals Analisis Antimullerian Hormon (AMH) di Dalam Serum pada Berbagai Kategori Indeks Masa Tubuh

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Didik Rio Pambudi ◽  
Ashon Sa�adi ◽  
Sudjarwo Sudjarwo
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Uterine Bleeding ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Height Measurement ◽  
Normality Test ◽  
Laboratory Infection ◽  
Special Hospital ◽  
The Relationship

Obesity-related to the result of decreased reproduction. Obese women are more prone to abnormal anovulation and uterine bleeding, endometrial hyperplasia/cancer, infertility, miscarriage, and pregnancy complications, compared to women of normal weight. This study aims to determine the levels of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) in the serum at various BMI (body mass index), also to determine the relationship and correlation between obesity and AMH levels in serum. The population in the study were women aged 20 years to 40 years with less BMI, Normal BMI and Obesity BMI. The study subjects were women between the ages of 20 to 40 years with a BMI less than 17-19.9, obesity BMI = 25 and normal BMI 20-25 as controls. Height measurement, weight weighing, and BMI calculation carried out according to the standard and subject to approval. Taking blood samples for the examination of AMH levels carried out by the RSKI laboratory (Infection Special Hospital) Airlangga University. The results of the data processed with SPSS 25 with the Shapiro-Wilk normality test and Mann Whitney statistical analysis for different tests and Spearman analysis for the correlation test. The results of the study found homogeneous samples, there were no significant differences between the AMH levels of the less and obese groups with, p = 0.832 (p> 0.05). AMH levels in BMI were less (0.459 � 0.112 ng / mL) than obesity BMI (0.432 � 0.058 ng / mL), so it was concluded that AMH levels did not correlate with less BMI with obesity BMI, with a correlation value (r) = -0.105 (p = 0.643; p> 0.05). The results of this study concluded that body mass index not related and does not correlate with the levels of anti-Mullerian hormone in the serum.

scholarly journals FIRST TRIMESTER MATERNAL BMI AND PREGNANCY OUTCOME AT DMCH, LAHERIASARAI, BIHAR

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
Supriya Kumari ◽  
Surya Narayan ◽  
Kumudini Jha ◽  
Debarshi Jana
Keyword(s):  
Pregnancy Outcome ◽  
Pregnancy Outcomes ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Family History Of Diabetes ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Asian Indian Women ◽  
Adverse Pregnancy ◽  
Maternal Bmi

Aim: The aim of the study was to find out relationship of maternal BMI to pregnancy outcome. Methodology: The study carried out in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital, Laheriasarai, Bihar from February 2019 to January 2020 and pregnancy outcomes were analyzed in relation BMI recorded in first trimester of primigravida. Results: Mean age of pregnant women was 26.2 years. At first booking obese women were significantlyolder (28.0 years) than others. Family history of diabetes was significantly higher among obese women (8.25%) compared to others. Rates of cesarean sections were higher in obese compared to others. The macrosomia rates were higher in obese compared to other group. The preeclampsia (1.89%), were significantly higher in obese women than others. Conclusions: Obese women were at a high risk of developing adverse pregnancy outcomes in terms ofgestational diabetes, macrosomia, preeclampsia more of ceasarean section. Normal weight women have low risk for cesarean section and macrosomia. These results highlight the need for preconception counseling, especially for obese and overweight and have beneficial outcomes in Asian Indian women.

scholarly journals The value of blood serotonin for effective weight loss in obese women

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Natal'ya Vadimovna Anikina ◽  
Elena Nikolaevna Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Obese Patients ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Endothelin 1 ◽  
Excessive Accumulation ◽  
Made In

Introduction. Obesity is a disorder of energy balance, which leads to excessive accumulation of fat. In recent years, many important discoveries were made in this field, including the discovery of hormones produced by adipose tissue and the identification of many of the central and peripheral pathways of energy balance.Objective. To study the levels of hormones that affect appetite and metabolism in women with obesity baseline and after weight loss while taking sibutramine.Materials and methods. The study included 56 women aged 42,9±9,5 years, with a BMI of 34,6±6,1 kg/m2. All patients underwent clinical, laboratory and instrumental examination. Hormonal study included determination of serotonin, leptin, ghrelin, endothelin-1, adiponectin.Results: In women with obesity we identified hyperleptinemia and increased serotonin levels. The decrease in body weight in patients receiving sibutramine was accompanied by lower levels of serotonin, leptin, ghrelin, endothelin-1, and increase of adiponectin.Conclusions: Obese patients have significantly elevated levels of leptin, serotonin, ghrelin compared to women of normal weight. Sibutramine treatment leads to a decrease in serotonin, leptin, ghrelin and is more effective in women with a BMI less than 36,5 kg/m2.

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