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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
neuroscience
Food intake and the menstrual cycle: A retrospective analysis, with implications for appetite research
Physiology and Behavior, Volume 58, No. 6, Year 1995
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The biological regulation of appetite is currently an important topic in nutrition, since hyperphagia has been implicated as the prime cause of obesity. Cyclical fluctuations in food intake occur in women across the menstrual cycle, with a periovulatory nadir and a peak in the luteal phase. These alterations in food intake, in response to ovarian steroid hormone changes may be more than 2.5 MJ/day, with the mean reported changes shown in 19 separate studies of 1.0 MJ/day. Hormonal induced fluctuations in food intake could, therefore, contribute to energy imbalance and consequent weight gain. Further, in nutrition studies involving women subjects where the menstrual cycle phase is not controlled, hormonally induced changes in food selection and intake may mask the often considerably smaller changes in response to experimental variables in appetite research. © 1995.
Authors & Co-Authors
Buffenstein, Rochelle B.
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Poppitt, Sally D.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Mrc Mitochondrial Biology Unit
McDevitt, Regina M.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Mrc Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Prentice, Andrew M.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Mrc Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Statistics
Citations: 253
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0031-9384(95)02003-9
ISSN:
00319384
Research Areas
Food Security
Noncommunicable Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Female