New Paper in Phyisology and Behaviour published by Dr. Ecaterina Stribițcaia

Proteins are well-acknowldeged to be satiety-enhancing macronutrients. This work titled "Effect of in vitro food oral coating and lubricity on satiety: A randomized controlled trial using milk protein beverages" led by Dr. Ecaterina Stribiţcaia (former PhD student, ERC LubSat Project) published in Physiology and Behaviour in collaboration with Dr. Andrea Araiza Calahorra (Postdoctoral Fellow, Eat4Age Project), Dr. Kwan-Mo You (former PhD student, ERC LubSat Project), with co-authors from Schools of Food Science and Nutrition as well as Psychology investigated the effects of complex textural attributes of food i.e. lubricity and oral coating, on appetite ratings, food intake, salivary and gut peptides for the first time. Oral coating/ lubricity appears had a subtle and a rather sporadic effect on appetite suppression, which definitely merits further investigation with changing macronutrients/energy load and degree of coating/ lubricity. The open access paper in  Physiology and Behaviour can be folowed in https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2024.114690