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Dramatically rising global levels of obesity have raised consumers’ commercial and public health interest in foods that may help control appetite and weight. The satiety cascade consists of sensory, cognitive, physical, and hormonal events following food intake, preventing overeating, and the desire to eat for a long time. Functional foods can be one of the most influential factors in reducing appetite as long as effective ingredients, such as fiber and protein, are used to design these products. Also, func-tional foods should be designed to reduce appetite at different levels of oral process-ing, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine by various mechanisms. Therefore, the satiety power of functional foods depends on the type of ingredients and their amount. Because each compound has a different mechanism of action, it is recom-mended to use different compounds to influence satiety in functional foods.
Year of publication | |
Publisher | Food Science and Nutrition |
Geographic coverage | Global |
Originally published | 30 Mar 2022 |
Knowledge service | Metadata | Global Food and Nutrition Security | Nutrition |Food intakeFood consumptionFood product |
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | nutritionhungerObesityFood |
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