Research paper
Brondel L, Romer M, Van Wymelbeke V, Pineau N, Jiang T, Hanus C, Rigaud D. Variety enhances food intake in humans: role of sensory-specific satiety. Physiol Behav. 2009 Apr 20;97(1):44-51. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.01.019. Epub 2009 Feb 1.
Why we cite it
A study of sensory-specific satiety, after the paradigm of Rolls and colleagues (1981), in which adding condiments to the same base food, rather than offering a new food, renewed appetite and increased intake. Twenty-one subjects ate French fries then brownies in three conditions: monotonous (no condiments), simultaneous (condiments available throughout) and successive (condiments introduced after initial eating). Intake in both variety conditions was higher than in the monotonous one (p<0.001). In the successive condition, hedonic ratings for fries fell during eating but rose when ketchup was introduced, "leading to additional intake of fries".
About the author
Laurent Brondel — MD (Université de Grenoble 1, 1984; thesis on psychosensory meal stimulation and postprandial thermogenesis). MCU-PH then PU-PH (full professor, ~2011) in Physiology, Université de Bourgogne / CHU Dijon. Member, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation (CSGA), UMR CNRS/INRAE/Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté. Emeritus Professor (2021–). Research: eating behavior, energy expenditure, sensory-specific satiety, taste perception, sleep deprivation effects on intake.
Daniel Rigaud (senior author) — MD, PU-PH in Nutrition, Université de Bourgogne / CHU Dijon. Researcher at INSERM and CNRS (CSGA). President, Association Autrement (eating disorder support, ~1999–). Research: eating disorders (AN, BN, BED), food intake regulation, obesity.
Virginie Van Wymelbeke — PhD Nutrition (Université de Bourgogne). Researcher at CHU Dijon / CSGA. Researches elderly nutrition and malnutrition prevention. Developer of the Anticipatory and Consummatory Eating Pleasure Scale (ACEPS).
Michael A. Romer — At time of paper: doctoral student under Brondel at CESG, Dijon. PhD Agricultural Sciences (Université de Bourgogne, 2011; thesis on alimentary alliesthesia and sensory-specific satiety).
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.01.019 · PubMed 19419673 · Publisher