PMID- 19675107 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091009 LR - 20230318 IS - 1938-3207 (Electronic) IS - 0002-9165 (Print) IS - 0002-9165 (Linking) VI - 90 IP - 4 DP - 2009 Oct TI - Differential functional magnetic resonance imaging response to food pictures in successful weight-loss maintainers relative to normal-weight and obese controls. PG - 928-34 LID - 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27924 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Prior research indicates that successful weight-loss maintainers (SWLs) work harder than people of normal weight to maintain their weight loss, including greater dietary restriction of fat and higher physical activity levels. However, little work to date has examined how SWLs differ biologically from normal-weight (NW) and obese controls. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to compare the brain responses of SWLs to food pictures with those of NW and obese controls. DESIGN: Blood oxygen level-dependent responses to high- and low-energy food pictures were measured in 18 NW controls, 16 obese controls, and 17 SWLs. RESULTS: Group differences were identified in 4 regions, which indicated significant change in activation in response to the food pictures. SWLs showed greater activation in the left superior frontal region and right middle temporal region than did NW and obese controls-a pattern of results confirmed in exploratory voxel-wise analyses. Obese controls also showed greater activation in a bilateral precentral region. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that SWLs show greater activation in frontal regions and primary and secondary visual cortices-a pattern consistent with greater inhibitory control in response to food cues and greater visual attention to the food cues. A greater engagement of inhibitory control regions in response to food cues as well as a greater monitoring of foods may promote control of food intake and successful weight-loss maintenance. FAU - McCaffery, Jeanne M AU - McCaffery JM AD - Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA. jeanne_mccaffery@brown.edu FAU - Haley, Andreana P AU - Haley AP FAU - Sweet, Lawrence H AU - Sweet LH FAU - Phelan, Suzanne AU - Phelan S FAU - Raynor, Hollie A AU - Raynor HA FAU - Del Parigi, Angelo AU - Del Parigi A FAU - Cohen, Ron AU - Cohen R FAU - Wing, Rena R AU - Wing RR LA - eng GR - R01 DK066787/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK066787-02S2/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Controlled Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20090812 PL - United States TA - Am J Clin Nutr JT - The American journal of clinical nutrition JID - 0376027 RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM CIN - Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Oct;90(4):908-9. PMID: 19710190 MH - Adult MH - Brain/blood supply/physiology/*physiopathology MH - Brain Mapping/*methods MH - Female MH - *Food MH - Humans MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Obesity/*physiopathology MH - Oxygen/blood MH - Reference Values MH - *Visual Perception MH - Weight Loss/*physiology PMC - PMC2744621 EDAT- 2009/08/14 09:00 MHDA- 2009/10/10 06:00 PMCR- 2010/10/01 CRDT- 2009/08/14 09:00 PHST- 2009/08/14 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/08/14 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/10/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0002-9165(23)23287-6 [pii] AID - 27924 [pii] AID - 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27924 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Oct;90(4):928-34. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27924. Epub 2009 Aug 12.