FACULTY

Contact Information

warwick@umbc.edu

Lab:

Status:

Zoe Warwick, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Education

Area of Study

Experimental Psychology

Research Interests

Dr. Warwick's research investigates the biobehavioral mechanisms by which high-fat foods promote overeating and weight gain. We study the contribution of oral, gastric and postgastric signals; the role of learning and experience; and the integration of the signals in the control of meal size and satiety. Recent findings include:
The dose-response relationship between dietary fat content and spontaneous caloric intake in rat (Warwick, 2003)
High-fat foods promote overeating via mechanisms that are independent of palatability (Warwick et al., 2002)
The behavioral expression of high-fat diet overeating includes both larger meals and reduced satiety (Warwick et al., 2000; Warwick et al., in press).
Fat calories are less effective than carbohydrate calories in entraining anticipated satiety (Warwick et al., 1997)

Selected Publications

Warwick, Z.S., Synowski, S.J., Rice, K.D., Smart, A.B. (in press). Independent effects of diet palatability and fat content on bout size and daily intake in rats. Physiology and Behavior.

Warwick, Z.S. (2003). Dietary fat dose-dependently increases spontaneous caloric intake in rat. Obesity Research, 11, 859-864.

Warwick, Z.S., Synowski, S.J., Bell, K.R. (2002). Dietary fat content affects energy intake and weight gain independent of diet caloric density in rats. Physiology and Behavior., 77, 85-90.

Warwick, Z.S., McGuire, C.M.,Bowen, K.J.; Synowski, S.J. (2000). Behavioral expression of high-fat diet hyperphagia: meal size, satiety, and adjustment of intake. American Journal of Physiology, 278, R196-R200.

Warwick, Z.S.; Synowski, S.J. (1999). Effect of food deprivation and maintenance diet composition on fat preference and acceptance in rat. Physiology and Behavior, 68, 235-239.