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Science 24 April 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3930, pp. 496 - 497
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3930.496
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Obesity: Absence of Satiety Aversion to Sucrose

M. Cabanac 1 and R. Duclaux 1

1 Laboratoire de Physiologie. Facuilté de Médecine, 69-Lyon 8, France

In obese subjects, ingestion of glucose did not cause the transformation of the gustative sucrose sensation from pleasant to unpleasant as in normal subjects. This result is consistent with the theory of a decreased sensitivity to internal signals in the control of food intake of obese people.


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