PLoS biologyObesityHumansRewardPleasureFood
In defense of pleasure: We need to rethink food reward and obesity.
Justin J Sung, Dana M Small
Published: 202510.1371/journal.pbio.3003497
Abstract
Open AccessIs overeating driven by hedonism? We argue that the pleasure of eating food is not a driver of the obesity epidemic, but rather the regular consumption of an unhealthy diet blunts sensitivity to interoceptive signals that drive food reward.