SynthesisPublic health nutrition2021
Brain responses to watching food commercials compared with nonfood commercials: a meta-analysis on neuroimaging studies.
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- The Effects of Food Advertisements on Food Intake and Neural Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Experimental Studies.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Video game use, lifestyle and its association with becoming overweight or obese in Mexican adolescents.PeerJ · 2026Article
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- Multimodal Neuroimaging of Obesity: From Structural-Functional Mechanisms to Precision Interventions.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Use of Mukbang in Health Promotion: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Food Advertisement and Dietary Choices in Adolescents: An Overview of Recent Studies.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to identify and meta-analyse the neuroimaging data and hence synthesise a brain map showing the neural correlates of watching food commercials.
designPublished studies were retrieved and included into the analysis if they evaluated brain responses to food commercials with functional MRI and reported results based on whole-brain analysis in standard brain coordinates.
settingNo additional restriction was placed on the search, such as the publication year and age of participants.
participantsSeven papers that composed of a total of 442 participants fulfilled the inclusion criteria. All of them recruited children or adolescents.
resultsFood commercials caused larger brain responses than nonfood counterparts in the cuneus on both hemispheres, which played a role in dietary self-control and modulation of food craving. Other brain regions involved in food commercials processing included the left culmen, left middle occipital gyrus and the right superior parietal lobule, which could be related to reward, emotional responses and habit formation.
conclusionThese neural correlates may help explain the food choice and eating behaviours of children and adolescents that might be relevant to the development of obesity.
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