2.2. Participants
obesity
OBESITY
Twelve healthy women (six per group) without obesity and weight stable were enrolled in this study. Participants were recruited through public advertising, and only those who met the entry criteria (see below) were chosen for enrolment. For this proof-of-concept study, we exclusively enrolled female participants to maintain uniformity and align with recent data indicating that women, in comparison to men, exhibit greater sensitivity to conditions influencing the experience after the meal [A previous study demonstrated a decrease in postprandial satisfaction through aversive conditioning (the area under the curve for digestive wellbeing changed by −186 ± 68 score × min in the test group vs. 16 ± 19 score × min in the control group) [