RESEARCH ARTICLE


Functional Food to Regulate Satiety and Energy Intake in Human



Marcela Alviña1, *, Hector Araya1, 2
1 Departamento de Nutrición y Alimentos, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaiso, Chile
2 University of Chile, Faculty of Medicine, Human Nutrition Center, Santiago, Chile


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Abstract

Nowadays obesity is affecting people from all socioeconomic levels in most of the countries worldwide. Appetite and satiety are complex processes which influence the energy regulation. As a solution to enable individuals to control their body weight, functional foods were developed in order to reduce the energy intake. However, the methodology to assess the satiating efficiency of functional foods, including monitoring through biomarkers, is very complex and needs to be standardized. The aim of the present work was to analyse the results published in the area of ​functional food and satiety to demonstrate the potential satiating role of these foods.

Keywords: Functional food, Healthy ingredients, Intake regulation, Satiety determination, Satiety biomarkers.