American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 60, 307-311, Copyright © 1994 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Effect of the energy density of a solid-liquid meal on gastric emptying and satiety

F Carbonnel, M Lemann, JC Rambaud, O Mundler and R Jian
Department of Gastroenterology, CHU Lariboisiere Saint-Louis, Paris, France.

The effect of the energy density of a meal on gastric emptying and satiety was assessed in nine volunteers. They ingested, in randomized order, a diluted (2671 kJ/L, 950 mL) and a concentrated (7452 kJ/L, 350 mL) test meal of 2500 kJ each (80% as solids). Half-emptying times of solids and liquids were not significantly different for the diluted and concentrated meal (solids: 145 +/- 18 and 156 +/- 16 min, respectively; liquids: 76 +/- 10 and 84 +/- 10 min, respectively), and consequently, pyloric outputs of energy were identical. Neither the intensity and duration of satiety, nor the amount of energy ingested, ad libitum, 6 h after the test meal, were significantly affected by energy density of the food ingested. Both the intensity and duration of satiety correlated significantly with the gastric emptying time for solids (r = 0.60 and 0.67, respectively, P < 0.01). These results show that satiety depends on gastric emptying of energy and is not affected by the energy density of food intake.

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