Effects of blood glucose on delay discounting, food intake and counterregulation in lean and obese men
| Autor: | Christin Wagner, Soyoung Q. Park, Jonas Eggeling, Britta Kubera, Christin Rädel, Achim Peters, Johanna Klement |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult Blood Glucose Male Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism medicine.medical_treatment Physiology Hypoglycemia Impulsivity Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences Eating Endocrinology medicine Humans Insulin Single-Blind Method Obesity Biological Psychiatry Discounting 030109 nutrition & dietetics Cross-Over Studies Endocrine and Autonomic Systems business.industry Body Weight Glucose clamp technique medicine.disease Crossover study Psychiatry and Mental health Delay Discounting Impulsive Behavior medicine.symptom business Energy Intake Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Psychoneuroendocrinology. 89 |
| ISSN: | 1873-3360 |
| Popis: | Delay discounting as a measure of impulsivity has been shown to be higher in obesity with an association of increased food intake. Moreover, obese humans showed a higher wanting for high-calorie food than lean men when blood glucose concentrations were low. First studies linking blood glucose levels to delay discounting yielded mixed results. We hypothesized that obese people - in comparison to lean men - have a relative lack of energy, especially when blood glucose levels are low, that results in higher levels of delay discounting, food intake and hormonal counterregulation.We investigated 20 lean and 20 obese healthy young men in a single-blind balanced cross-over design. With a standardized glucose clamp technique, subjects underwent a hypoglycemic state in one condition and a euglycemic state in the control condition. Regularly, blood was sampled for assessment of hormonal status, and questionnaires were filled out to assess delay discounting and symptom awareness. After normalizing blood glucose concentrations, subjects were free to eat from a standardized test buffet, followed by a snack test.Delay discounting was higher in obese than in lean men throughout experiments (p 0.03). However, we did not observe significant discounting differences between glucose conditions (p 0.1). Furthermore, the discounting performance did not correlate with food intake from the test buffet or snack test (p 0.3). As a response to hypoglycemia, hormonal counterregulation was pronounced in both weight groups (p 0.03), but responses of ACTH, norepinephrine and glucagon were stronger in obese compared to lean men (p 0.03). Also, intake from the high-calorie buffet after hypoglycemia compared to euglycemia was higher in obese subjects (p 0.02) but comparable in lean men (p 0.5).Our data suggest that augmented delay discounting is a robust feature in obesity that is not linked to glucose levels or actual food intake. With our systematically controlled approach, combining performance in delay discounting with regard to distinct blood glucose levels, different weight groups, counterregulatory behavior and food intake, our results imply that delay discounting is not susceptible to fluctuations of blood glucose and do not support the assumption that a low body's energy content leads to increased impulsivity. Further replications including women and larger sample sizes are needed to corroborate our data. |
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