Meal Initiation

Meal Initiation is the physiological and behavioral process that marks the onset of food consumption, distinguished from other appetite-related events by the transition from a fasting or interprandial state to the deliberate intake of nutrients in response to homeostatic, hedonic, or environmental cues.

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2017–2026

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Appetite Regulation

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198

A Preprandial Rise in Plasma Ghrelin Levels Suggests a Role in Meal Initiation in Humans

David E. Cummings, Jonathan Q. Purnell, R. Scott Frayo et al. · Diabetes · 2001 · 2.9K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +15

Plasma ghrelin levels and hunger scores in humans initiating meals voluntarily without time- and food-related cues

D. E. Cummings, R. Scott Frayo, Corinne Marmonier et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2004 · 524 citations

Life Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Physiology +17

Postprandial Suppression of Plasma Ghrelin Level Is Proportional to Ingested Caloric Load but Does Not Predict Intermeal Interval in Humans

Holly S. Callahan, David E. Cummings, Margaret S. Pepe et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2004 · 318 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Physiology +17

Estradiol-Dependent Decrease in the Orexigenic Potency of Ghrelin in Female Rats

Deborah J. Clegg, Lynda M. Brown, Jeffrey M. Zigman et al. · Diabetes · 2007 · 283 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

Spontaneous meal patterns of humans: influence of the presence of other people

John M. de Castro, E S de Castro · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1989 · 278 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +14

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John M. de Castro
Georgia State University, United States
6 publications · 926 citations
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Heather J. Leidy
University of Missouri, United States
5 publications · 269 citations
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L. Arthur Campfield
La Roche College, United States
5 publications · 520 citations
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Margriet S. Westerterp‐Plantenga
Maastricht University, Netherlands
5 publications · 385 citations
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Harvey P. Weingarten
McMaster University, Canada
4 publications · 241 citations
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Appetite
30 publications · 2.3K citations
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Physiology & Behavior
27 publications · 2K citations
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Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
12 publications · 686 citations
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American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
10 publications · 664 citations
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PubMed
Repository · 6 publications · 418 citations
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