Gut Microbes and food behavior

Amandine Everard

(Université Catholique de Louvain)

Résumé

The gut microbiota has emerged as a key actor regulating food intake acting mainly on the hypothalamus, and thereby controlling hunger or satiety feelings. However, food intake is also regulated by the hedonic and reward systems leading to food intake based on pleasure (i. e. non-homeostatic regulation of food intake). The gut-brain axis is involved in the communications between the gut microbes and the brain to modulate host food intake behaviors through systemic and nervous pathways. Data supporting the roles of gut microbes in the hedonic regulation of food intake will be presented. Gut microbiota-based therapeutic approaches could lead to potential clinical applications to restore food reward alterations.

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Amandine Everard is research associate from the FNRS, WELBIO investigator and professor at UCLouvain in the metabolism and nutrition research group. Her research team is investigating how gut microbes are able to impact on the regulation of food intake and metabolic disorders, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes. She is author of more than 50 scientific publications and has been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers 2022.

vendredi 17 mars 2023, 11h