Feed efficiency, food choice, and food reward behaviors in young and old Fischer rats

Food Approach and Food Avoidance in Young Children: Relation with Reward Sensitivity and Punishment Sensitivity

It has recently been suggested that individual differences in Reward Sensitivity and Punishment Sensitivity may determine how children respond to food. These temperamental traits reflect activity in two basic brain systems that respond to rewarding and punishing stimuli, respectively, with approach and avoidance. Via parent-report questionnaires, we investigate the associations of the general m...

Algae in Food and Feed

Algae are primary producers which present a remarkable source of different nutrients. While the high protein content of various species is one of the main reasons to consider them as an unconventional source of proteins, oils from microalgae rich in some PUFAs seem particularly suitable for children, pregnant women, vegetarians and patients with fish allergies. Since algae also represent an imp...

Nutrition Knowledge and Food Choice in Young Athletes

Food reward, hyperphagia, and obesity.

Given the unabated obesity problem, there is increasing appreciation of expressions like "my eyes are bigger than my stomach," and recent studies in rodents and humans suggest that dysregulated brain reward pathways may be contributing not only to drug addiction but also to increased intake of palatable foods and ultimately obesity. After describing recent progress in revealing the neural pathw...

Aquaculture feed and food safety.

The ultimate objective of an aquaculture feed manufacturer and aquaculture food supplier is to ensure that the feed or food produced is both safe and wholesome. Reported food safety risks, which may be associated with the use of commercial animal feeds, including compound aquaculture feeds, usually result from the possible presence of unwanted contaminants, either within the feed ingredients us...