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No heightened temporal attentional bias towards food or overweight bodies in adolescents with obesity 肥胖青少年对食物或超重身体的时间注意偏倚没有增强。

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Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108417

Mégane Ackermans, Nienke C. Jonker, Peter J. de Jong

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Effects of cognitive load on food approach bias in individuals with binge eating disorder 认知负荷对暴食症患者食物倾向偏差的影响。

IF 3.8 2区医学

Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108434

Dustin Werle , Lynn Sablottny , Brunna Tuschen-Caffier , Jennifer Svaldi

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Multiple unhealthy eating behaviors among left-behind children in rural China: the interplay of loneliness and diverse social environments 中国农村留守儿童多种不健康饮食行为：孤独与多元社会环境的相互作用

IF 3.8 2区医学

Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108431

Sasa Wang, Chenzhuo Gao, Weidong Li

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Impact of food-related emotional changes on cerebral hemodynamic response 食物相关情绪变化对脑血流动力学反应的影响。

IF 3.8 2区医学

Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108415

Yoko Hasegawa , Tatsuya Suzuki , Syogo Yoshimura , Masako Shiramizu , Ma Therese Sta Maria , Masaki Sakata , Kensuke Yamamura , Takahiro Ono , Yumie Ono

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Worry wart: A preregistered, experimental investigation of worry-induced emotional eating and associated psychological characteristics 忧虑疣：一项预先登记的关于忧虑引起的情绪化进食和相关心理特征的实验研究。

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Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108419

Urvashi Dixit , Wesley R. Barnhart , Rachel R. Henderson , Jorin D. Larsen , Emma G. Folk , Erica M. Ahlich

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“A football team with no midfield”: A qualitative analysis of anti-vegan stigma in Italy “一支没有中场的足球队”：意大利反素食耻辱的定性分析。

IF 3.8 2区医学

Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108411

Chiara Amicabile, Lorenzo Montali

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Differential response of taste perception to high-altitude exposure and ageing 味觉感知对高海拔暴露和老化的差异反应。

IF 3.8 2区医学

Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108414

Carmen Santangelo , Bruna Lattanzi , Adele Boschetti , Vittore Verratti , Paola Pittia , Tiziana Pietrangelo , Danilo Bondi , Andrea Mazzatenta

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Associations between out of home food sector outlet menu healthiness scores, menu characteristics and energy consumed by customers in England during 2021–2022 2021-2022年外出食品行业门店菜单健康评分、菜单特征与客户能耗之间的关系。

IF 3.8 2区医学

Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108424

Amy Finlay , Yuru Huang , Jean Adams , Andrew Jones , Rebecca Evans , Eric Robinson

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Who do we talk about when we talk about flexitarians? 当我们谈到灵活主义者时，我们谈论的是谁？

IF 3.8 2区医学

Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108410

Morten Wendler , Øyvind Sundet , Johannes Volden

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Examining associations between food insecurity and disordered eating in U.S. veterans 研究美国退伍军人食物不安全与饮食失调之间的关系。

IF 3.8 2区医学

Appetite Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108422

Patrycja Klimek-Johnson , Robin M. Masheb , Beth E. Cohen , Joy Huggins , Sarah E. Siegel , Jennifer Snow , Shira Maguen

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