Figure 2.

Cross-sectional MRI images showing a stomach at 0, 60 and 120 min after ingesting either roast chicken and vegetables (panels D, E and F respectively) or the same meal blenderised to create a homogeneous soup (panels A, B and C respectively). The solid meal taken with water appears heterogeneous, fluid can be preferentially emptied reducing gastric volume and hence the feeling of fullness. The same meal when blenderised appears homogeneous, gastric volumes fall more slowly with time which is associated with more prolonged satiety. Reproduced from [5], Oxford University Press 2012, with permission.