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. 2021 Mar 23;29(4):662–671. doi: 10.1002/oby.23120

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Obesity phenotype characteristics per gender. Obesity phenotypes are associated with pathophysiological characteristics; (A) hungry brain, increased food intake until fullness during ad libitum buffet meal; (B) emotional hunger; increased HADS‐anxiety level; (C) hungry gut, rapid gastric emptying rate; (D) slow burn, lower than predicted REE. Red triangles = participants without specified obesity phenotype, blue squares = participants with specified obesity phenotype. HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score; REE, resting energy expenditure.