title: Fasting Leptin Is a Metabolic Determinant of Food Reward in Overweight and Obese Individuals during Chronic Aerobic Exercise Training.
abstract: Changes in food reward have been implicated in exercise-induced compensatory eating behaviour. However, the underlying mechanisms of food reward, and the physiological correlates of exercise-induced changes in food reward, are unknown. Methods. Forty-six overweight and obese individuals completed 12 weeks of aerobic exercise. Body composition, food intake, and fasting metabolic-related hormones were measured at baseline, week six, and postintervention. On separate days, the reward value of high-and-low-fat food (explicit liking and implicit wanting) was also assessed at baseline, week six, and postintervention. Results. Following the intervention, FM, FFM, and VO2peak improved significantly, while fasting leptin decreased. However, food intake or reward did not change significantly. Cross-sectional analyses indicated that FM (P = 0.022) and FFM (P = 0.046) were associated with explicit liking for high-fat food, but implicit wanting was associated with FM only (P = 0.005). Fasting leptin was associated with liking (P = 0.023) and wanting (P = 0.021) for high-fat food. Furthermore, a greater exercise-induced decline in fasting leptin was associated with increased liking (P = 0.018). Conclusion. These data indicate that food reward has a number of physiological correlates. In particular, fasting leptin appears to play an active role in mediating food reward during exercise-induced weight loss.
authors.affiliation: Academy of Sport and Physical Activity, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK ; Institute of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7655-0215
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Phillipa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caudwell
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Dominic-Luc
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Per M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hellström
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Näslund
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Blundell
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5620-2256
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finlayson
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