Background: A wealth of research has reported on the anti-obesity effects of green tea extract (GTE). Although browning of white adipose tissue (WAT) has been reported to attenuate obesity, no study has disclosed the effects of GTE on browning in Sprague Dawley rats. Objectives: The aims of the study were to investigate the effects of GTE on anti-obesity and browning, and their underlying mecha...

BACKGROUND Cocoa, coffee, green tea and garcinia contain large amounts of polyphenols. Polyphenols are well-known phytochemicals and found in plants, and have modulated physiological and molecular pathways that are involved in energy metabolism, adiposity, and obesity. METHODS To evaluate the obesity-lowering effect of a combined extract (comprising cocoa, coffee, green tea and garcinia; CCGG...

Social norms can influence the consumption of high and low energy-dense (HED/LED) snack foods. Such could be communicated via social media, however, there is little experimental research investigating this possibility. This laboratory study aimed to investigate acute effect socially endorsed media posts on participants' eating behaviour. Healthy women students ( n = 169; mean age 20.9; BMI 23.3...

Intense heavy ion beams are an excellent tool to create large-volume samples of high energy density (HED) matter with fairly uniform physical conditions. Experimental study of matter under extreme conditions of density, temperature and pressure is of considerable interest to fundamental research in the fields of plasma physics, atomic physics, astrophysics, geophysics as well as for the inertia...

The subject of high-energy-density (HED) states in matter is of considerable importance to numerous branches of basic as well as applied physics. Intense heavy-ion beams are an excellent tool to create large samples of HED matter in the laboratory with fairly uniform physical conditions. Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, is a unique worldwide laboratory that has a heavy-ion sync...

Abstract Aerospace aircraft has significantly improved the life quality of human beings and extended capability space explosion since its appearance in 1903, which liquid propellants or fuels provide key power source. For jet fuels, property energy density plays an important role determining flight range, load, performance aircraft. Therefore, design fabrication high-energy-density (HED) attrac...

Animal models of obesity and metabolic dysregulation during growth (or childhood) are lacking. Our objective was to increase adiposity and induce metabolic syndrome in young, genetically lean pigs. Pre-pubertal female pigs, age 35 d, were fed a high-energy diet (HED; n = 12), containing 15% tallow, 35% refined sugars and 9.1-12.9% crude protein, or a control corn-based diet (n = 11) with 12.2-1...

Consumption of reduced energy dense foods and drink has the potential to reduce energy intake and postprandial blood glucose concentrations. In addition, the taste quality of a meal (e.g., sweet or savoury) may play a role in satiation and food intake. The objective of this randomised crossover study was to examine whether energy density and taste quality has an impact on energy intake and post...

BACKGROUND Research has shown that variety reduces the rate of habituation, or a general reduction in the rate of responding, for low-energy-density (LED) and high-energy-density (HED) foods. OBJECTIVE We assessed whether the effects of variety on habituation of motivation to eat are different in overweight and lean children. DESIGN Overweight and lean children (n = 84) were randomly assign...

Heavy episodic drinking (HED) is a major health problem for young adults. Rates of HED have remained consistently high among young adults for the past two decades. Though research has identified various intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental contributors to HED, the majority of research focuses on intrapersonal factors. As such, more research is needed to test the role that specific in...