More calories – more consumption: Individuals with and without obesity both prefer high-calories food (IMAGE)

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More calories – more consumption: Individuals with and without obesity both prefer high-calories food

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Sugar and other carbohydrates can condition preferences for associated flavors, in a process called flavor-nutrient conditioning that was studied in this paper.

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Diogo Matias (Communications, Events and Outreach team), Champalimaud Foundation (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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